HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

PV Settlement

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 9, 2020

Filed

Sep 30, 2020

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PV Settlement →

PV Settlement, LLC notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized individual accessed two employee email accounts between Sept 23 and Oct 18, 2019. The investigation, concluded Sept 9, 2020, found limited PII (name, financial account info) of one NH resident was exposed. Notification to the resident began Sept 23, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 352 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Sep 23, 2019

Begins

Sep 9, 2020

Discovered

Sep 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5c48a22a0ea2a0f02020-09-29 · +1dVerified

Name: PV Settlement
norm: pv settlement

Name: PV Settlement
norm: pv settlement
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2019 – Oct 18, 2019
Undetected for: 352 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided the affected resident with written notification
Advised the affected resident about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on credit files
Advised the affected resident to contact their financial institution
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 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 AGSep 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/pv-settlement-20200930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2020
Raw hash: ca58d959be8b03bdc6dc930886155fa6d5156892d404aea20cf9d4f77134bc96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPV Settlement

Victim entityPV Settlement

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov