HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDMediumContained

TBM Consulting Group, Inc.

bd_0cc2d3954c29a565 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2023

Filed

Jan 9, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TBM Consulting Group, Inc. →

TBM Consulting Group, Inc. reported an unauthorized access incident to the NH Attorney General. An unknown actor accessed the network between Dec 1-3, 2023, potentially exposing employee PII including SSNs. TBM engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to 1 NH resident.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Dec 1, 2023

Begins

Dec 3, 2023

Discovered

Dec 19, 2023

Scope determined

Jan 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by eldorado about this victim predates this filing by 36 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (3)

Leak Siteblacklockbd_00d64e9dc05ea29b2024-11-18 · +315dVerified by operator
Leak Siteeldoradobd_09eed033e8b4d0062023-12-04 · +36dVerified by operator
Leak Siteeldoradobd_0b8c04a5e30f801b2023-12-04 · +36dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_e36be645103203772024-01-09Candidate
Maine State AGbd_8dea3e69f7c52e292024-01-10 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9bcd897b0356b5232024-01-10 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_bad3ecac3284fda92023-12-27 · +13dVerified

Name: TBM Consulting Group, Inc.
norm: tbm consulting
Domain: tbmcg.com

Name: TBM Consulting Group, Inc.
norm: tbm consulting
Domain: tbmcg.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 19, 2023
Notification sent: Dec 27, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and will cooperate with any investigative requests
Notified potentially impacted individuals on December 27, 2023
Offering affected individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGDec 27 · first

Montana State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Maine State AG+14d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Dec 27 (IN), last Jan 10 (MA) — a 14-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/tbm-consulting-group-20230109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2024
Raw hash: cde8fecf6941343040b0a055ceba2abd925a058972250546268578d0e42812f7

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (3)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTBM Consulting Group, Inc.

Victim entityTBM Consulting Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2023

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov