HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

Vertex Wireless, Inc.

bd_0f2217a605966cd5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 21, 2017

Filed

Mar 15, 2017

To disclose

22 days

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Vertex Wireless, Inc. →

Vertex Wireless, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident discovered on February 21, 2017, involving unauthorized access to its server. The breach potentially compromised payment card information and names of approximately 11 New Hampshire residents who were customers of Vertex's clients (including Ultra Mobile, Inc. and Mint SIM). Vertex patched vulnerabilities, reset credentials, and engaged IT experts to secure the platform. Notifications to affected individuals began on March 10, 2017.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Feb 21, 2017

Discovered

Mar 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_014bf49388e025112017-03-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_3ac2aa4b8f5c96152017-03-15Verified

Name: Vertex Wireless, Inc.
norm: vertex wireless

Name: Vertex Wireless, Inc.
norm: vertex wireless
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Informed its client of this incident
Patch any vulnerabilities
Change all user access credentials
Engaged IT experts who have secured our platform
Addressed possible vulnerabilities
Reset user access credentials
Continuously monitored activity on our website
Changes made: Reviewing and revising its information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 15 · first · this page

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/vertex-wireless-20170315.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2017
Raw hash: 4d2b6a8323bc419a28206e24b84098e0e248ca9ca4c3b7ef56bc52e5a064da07

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVertex Wireless, Inc.

Victim entityVertex Wireless, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2017

Stated responseInformed its client of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov