HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Viewpoint Screening

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 15, 2015

Filed

Aug 28, 2015

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

115

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Viewpoint Screening →

Viewpoint, Inc. notified the NH AG of a July 9, 2015 incident where malware was used to steal credentials and access the payroll system. 115 employee records were modified (direct deposit info) and potentially exposed (SSN, salary, PII). Viewpoint engaged Mandiant, corrected records, and offered 1-year Experian ProtectMyID.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Jul 9, 2015

Begins

Jul 15, 2015

Discovered

Aug 28, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed115 affectedView incident

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Viewpoint Screening
norm: viewpoint screening
Domain: viewpointscreening.com
Also named: Viewpoint, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Viewpoint Construction Softwaredba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2015
Breach occurred: Jul 9, 2015
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 28, 2015
Affected individuals: 115state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified federal authorities
Began working closely with Mandiant — a leading independent forensics firm — to investigate the incident
Corrected the direct deposit routing records to ensure that all employees received their payroll deposits
Provided advanced notice to all employees on July 22, 2015
Provided complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s® ProtectMyID® Alert
Changes made: Working with an outside security firm to implement additional safeguards
Conducting a comprehensive review of its information security practices and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/viewpoint-20150828.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2015
Raw hash: fd7b521820912283e8da1c40c1292c40d4ee49611c93be1282524deb2a5bd510

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityViewpoint Screening

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2015

Stated responseNotified federal authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov