HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Legalinc Corporate Service Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2019

Filed

Jan 24, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Legalinc Corporate Service Inc. →

Legalinc Corporate Services Inc. reported that a security consultant claimed to have found a vulnerability in its database storing customer business formation documents in December 2019. It is possible the consultant accessed files containing names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Approximately 5 New Hampshire residents were affected. Legalinc remediated the vulnerability, retained forensic investigators, and offered identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Dec 1, 2019

Discovered

Jan 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c134a4286ce3388d2020-01-15 · +9dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f9ac1f355e34e1492020-01-15 · +9dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_f8a25b5747d1fcc22020-01-02 · +22dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_6011a0fc9ab0a2e42019-12-31 · +24dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_b774dbb9e7a7e01f2019-12-31 · +24dVerified

Name: Legalinc Corporate Service Inc.
norm: legalinc corporate service

Name: Legalinc Corporate Service Inc.
norm: legalinc corporate service
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launching an internal investigation
Remediating the vulnerability
Retaining an independent forensic investigation firm to assist in the investigation and response
Notifying relevant business clients that use Legalinc to provide business formation and corporate filing services for their individual customers
Changes made: Conducting a comprehensive review of information security policies and procedures to help prevent similar events
Offering one year of complimentary identity protection services from a leading identity monitoring services company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 31 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+15d

Montana State AG+15d

New Hampshire State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 31 (IN), last Jan 24 (NH) — a 24-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/legalinc-corporate-services-20200124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2020
Raw hash: fb1feee9dbb42199717a58ab71e9dbe0e0bf968cb6affa7248227ad0e71f8dc5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLegalinc Corporate Service Inc.

Victim entityLegalinc Corporate Service Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2019

Stated responseLaunching an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov