HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedNation State SuspectedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumActive

US Investigations Services, LLC

bd_12d4f48123e1bedf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2014

Filed

Oct 28, 2014

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

68state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for US Investigations Services, LLC →

USIS notified NH AG that a state-sponsored criminal intrusion in June 2014 compromised PII (names, DOB, SSN, driver's license, credentials, addresses) of 68 NH residents. USIS is cooperating with federal law enforcement and offering credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

Jun 1, 2014

Discovered

Oct 28, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_fe933857b373211c2014-10-29 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_311bbb520c6a320e2014-11-03 · +6dVerified

Name: US Investigations Services, LLC
norm: us investigations

Name: US Investigations Services, LLC
norm: us investigations
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 28, 2014
Affected individuals: 68state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalEspionage
Regulator citations: Reported intrusion to federal law enforcement and other government agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Conducting a comprehensive investigation into the incident
Reported intrusion to federal law enforcement and other government agencies
Cooperating with law enforcement and other United States Government officials in investigating and responding to the attack
Sent notification letters to residents in New Hampshire
Arranged for Kroll Information Assurance or AllClear ID to provide identity theft protection to all individuals whose PII may have been compromised at no charge
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 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

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGOct 28 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 28 (NH), last Nov 3 (MA) — a 6-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/us-investigations-20141028.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 28, 2014
Raw hash: f84afb8f59acf9a5bb52ec2972382280c4a20c4c75608b21aed509bf1b248966

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUS Investigations Services, LLC

Victim entityUS Investigations Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2014

Stated responseConducting a comprehensive investigation into the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov