HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Eastern Salt Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 18, 2018

Filed

Feb 2, 2018

To disclose

15 days

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Eastern Salt Company, Inc. →

Eastern Salt Company, Inc. notified the NH AG of a potential security breach affecting 14 NH residents. Unauthorized access to employee personal info (names, DOB, SSNs) was discovered Jan 18, 2018 via abnormal mobile phone activity. Investigation ongoing. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jan 18, 2018

Discovered

Feb 2, 2018

Filed

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_c3ee198e6cdeb90c2018-02-02Verified

Name: MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
norm: morgan lewis bockius

Name: Eastern Salt Company, Inc.
norm: eastern salt
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2018
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained computer security experts immediately
Retained forensic experts on January 22, 2018
Commenced an extensive investigation
Taking steps to secure its system
Requiring confirmations on all transactions and account changes with the main office in Lowell
Offering a 24-month subscription for credit monitoring services to all affected individuals
Changes made: Requiring confirmations on all transactions and account changes with the main office in Lowell
Making arrangements with a security vendor to provide a complementary 24-month subscription to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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 AGFeb 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 2 · first · 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/easatern-salt-20180202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2018
Raw hash: c79c68a615702ab3d089ff5e701d4d335e3c86a2b885d8d765589ae9739c82cc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Victim entityEastern Salt Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2018

Stated responseRetained computer security experts immediately

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov