HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kenerson Associates

bd_1fb1dcf14f81c086 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 17, 2014

Filed

Feb 18, 2014

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

181 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kenerson Associates →

Kenerson Associates, Inc. notified NH AG that its payroll processor, BenefitMall, suffered unauthorized access in Nov 2013. 18 employees' PII (name, address, SSN) was accessed. Kenerson notified 1 NH resident on Jan 17, 2014, and opened new bank accounts for direct deposit.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 77 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

Jan 17, 2014

Discovered

Feb 18, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7a1420c8c63cbdab2014-02-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Kenerson Associates
norm: kenerson associates
Domain: kenerson.com

Name: Kenerson Associates
norm: kenerson associates
Domain: kenerson.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 17, 2014
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2013 – Nov 30, 2013
Undetected for: 77 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2014
Affected individuals: 18state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via BenefitMall

During the incident: Sent a letter to the one New Hampshire resident impacted by the incident
Opened new bank accounts for its direct deposit program
BenefitMall limited access to the computer system in question
BenefitMall conducted an investigation
BenefitMall hired a computer forensics firm
BenefitMall established an incident inquiry hotline
BenefitMall provided one year of free credit monitoring services
Changes made: Opened new bank accounts for its direct deposit program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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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/kenerson-20140218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 18, 2014
Raw hash: cecd65fac4cb0e9afc9fc7ff8ccb65b54aa5b14b5c9f6439fcccc186be91d90c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKenerson Associates

Victim entityKenerson Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2014

Stated responseSent a letter to the one New Hampshire resident impacted by the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov