HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Kingston Technology Corporation

bd_1be40e227eed2580 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 1, 2005

Filed

Jul 9, 2007

To disclose

23 months

Affected

202state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kingston Technology Corporation →2 incidents on file

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data breach affecting approximately 202 NH residents. Unauthorized access to personal and credit card data occurred in September 2005 via the company's website. Kingston engaged forensic experts and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 months / 676 days

Sep 1, 2005

Begins

Sep 1, 2005

Discovered

Jul 9, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

+78 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed202 affectedView incident

Name: Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
norm: stradling yocca carlson
Domain: kingston.com

Name: Kingston Technology Corporation
norm: kingston technology
Domain: kingston.com
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2005
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2005 – Sep 30, 2005
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2007
Affected individuals: 202state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of Attorney General pursuant to RSA 359-C:20
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Undertaken a thorough investigation utilizing outside security experts
Taken immediate measures to further secure its systems
Intends to mail out a formal security incident notice letter
Engaged Kroll, Inc. to provide credit reporting, credit monitoring, and identity restoration services
Changes made: Taken immediate measures to further secure its systems to the greatest extent possible
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 months(676 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/kingston-technology-20070709.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2007
Raw hash: 1f2d14dbcb834d11afcb408d29725ecb320f116c87698808662eaad8d1b2e712

Reporting entityStradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Victim entityKingston Technology Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2005

Stated responseUndertaken a thorough investigation utilizing outside security experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov