PhysicalProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Altria Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2006

Filed

Jan 10, 2007

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Altria Group, Inc. →

Towers Perrin reported the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing Altria employee/former employee PII (name, SSN) on Dec 1, 2006. 17 NH residents affected. Notification delayed by NY DA until Jan 5, 2007. Remediation included laptop encryption acceleration and third-party security review.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Dec 1, 2006

Begins

Dec 1, 2006

Discovered

Jan 10, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed17 affectedView incident

Name: Towers Perrin
norm: towers perrin
Domain: towersperrin.com

Name: Altria Group, Inc.
norm: altria group
Domain: altria.com
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2006
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2006
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2007
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New York City Police DepartmentNotified New York County District Attorney's Office

During the incident: Reported the theft to the New York City Police Department
Notified the District Attorney’s Office for the County of New York
Notifying all affected customers via written letter
Offering free Equifax Credit Watch Gold credit monitoring for one year
Changes made: Accelerated project to encrypt all laptops by the end of January 2007
Engaged an information security consulting firm to review policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/towers-perrin-altria-20070110.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 10, 2007
Raw hash: 66e81c510586c210df233524f5920a6046465518a35c7263408e5034ae40510b

Reporting entityTowers Perrin

Victim entityAltria Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2006

Stated responseReported the theft to the New York City Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov