HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.

bd_0671754ae95e7500 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 29, 2021

Filed

Sep 15, 2021

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

New Hampshire Attorney General notification dated September 15, 2021, regarding Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc. (HPW). HPW discovered unusual network activity on April 29, 2021, leading to the identification of an unauthorized individual who acquired documents containing personal information. One New Hampshire resident was notified. HPW engaged cybersecurity experts, implemented additional security features, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity remediation services through Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Apr 29, 2021

Discovered

Sep 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Howard Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.
norm: howard perry and walston
Domain: hpw.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure its technological environment
Began an internal investigation with the help of cybersecurity experts
Implemented additional security features within its environment
Offered the affected individuals 12 months of credit monitoring and identity remediation services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help ensure the security of our email environment
Blocking international access
Working to deploy multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 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/howard-perry-walston-realty-20210915.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2021
Raw hash: e3ce1eabda11be8010e3a8ec23024ba0568064cd8084c1cfa0b0eead68a7a7ba

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityHoward Perry and Walston Realty, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure its technological environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov