HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIMediumContained

Quest Nutrition, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2018

Filed

Oct 1, 2018

To disclose

3 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Quest Nutrition, LLC →

Quest Nutrition notified the NH AG of a security incident where an employee email account was compromised via phishing. Affected data included names, addresses, usernames, passwords, driver's licenses, health insurance info, financial accounts, and SSNs. Approximately 2 NH residents affected. Notifications sent Sept 28, 2018.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 3 days

Sep 28, 2018

Discovered

Oct 1, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f813d64cd97e62942018-10-02 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9f09f28446a0d9222018-09-28 · +3dCandidate
California State AGbd_a27dcd4c5838e61b2018-09-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Quest Nutrition, LLC
norm: quest nutrition

Name: Quest Nutrition, LLC
norm: quest nutrition
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 28, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiating an internal investigation into this incident
Retaining an independent forensic investigation firm to assist in their investigation of and response to this incident
Reset all user account passwords
Implemented additional email security tools to help prevent this type of incident from reoccurring in the future
Contacted law enforcement and will continue to cooperate in their investigation of this incident
Changes made: Implemented additional email security tools to help prevent this type of incident from reoccurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 28 · first

California State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/quest-nutrition-20181001.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 1, 2018
Raw hash: af6fde2f05203354c3a431ba7a72b590af33fdaf13155814431694a3d1b39e4a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityQuest Nutrition, LLC

Victim entityQuest Nutrition, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 28, 2018

Stated responseInitiating an internal investigation into this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov