MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Clements Worldwide Insurance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2021

Filed

May 23, 2022

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Clements Worldwide Insurance →

Clements Worldwide Insurance notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident discovered on Oct 28, 2021. Access likely gained via a vendor vulnerability. One NH resident's PII (name, DOB, DL, passport, SSN) potentially exposed. Notification mailed May 18, 2022, with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 207 days

Oct 7, 2021

Begins

Oct 28, 2021

Discovered

May 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6595d2509abb70f72022-05-18 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Clements Worldwide Insurance
norm: clements worldwide insurance
Domain: clements.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 7, 2021
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 18, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to the applicable government regulators, officials, and other state Attorneys General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel and third-party forensic experts to assist in the remediation efforts and conduct a thorough investigation
Contacted the FBI to seek assistance and guidance
Took steps to secure and safely restore its systems
Mailed a written notification pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat § 359-C:19
Provided free access to credit monitoring services for one year through TransUnion
Changes made: Implementing any necessary additional safeguards
Enhance and improve its policies and procedures related to data protection
Improve its cybersecurity infrastructure
Further train its employees on best practices to minimize the likelihood of this type of incident occurring again
Enhancing our employee cybersecurity training
Improving our cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(207 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 18 (MA), last May 23 (NH) — a 5-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/clements-worldwide-insurance-20220523.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2022
Raw hash: 24622d8159d198224dce4a91de79bb2e10eb6ca5494d77490f1f8a6b48ddfe57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityClements Worldwide Insurance

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2021

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel and third-party forensic experts to assist in the remediation efforts and conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov