HackingProfessional ServicesHealthcareProfessional ServicesCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDownstream VictimsPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Young Consulting

bd_21f1fd9d88ec8e3b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2024

Filed

Aug 26, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1,839state residents only

Linked

23 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Young Consulting →

Young Consulting, LLC reported an unauthorized access incident occurring between April 10-13, 2024, discovered on April 13, 2024. An unauthorized actor accessed the network and downloaded files containing personal information of approximately 1,839 New Hampshire residents. Young Consulting engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and HIPAA regulators, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d19 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 135 days

Apr 10, 2024

Begins

Apr 13, 2024

Discovered

Jun 28, 2024

Scope determined

Aug 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 23 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim was first seen 111 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4ded0f97196230202025-01-25 · +152dVerified by operator
Maryland State AGbd_400059bc40f88d5e2025-01-29 · +156dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_7b04f3239ae6547d2025-01-29 · +156dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_1f6566b2d540498f2025-04-11 · +228dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 311d gap

California State AGbd_74ee160876e9cb592025-04-11 · +228dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a6f94afdabec56732025-04-11 · +228dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bedd380143f5919b2025-07-02 · +310dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_d8afddd50e05d3152025-07-02 · +310dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f7562288ebd80f402025-07-02 · +310dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_25f6da738738d1e02025-07-03 · +311dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 22 linked disclosures.

Name: Young Consulting
norm: young consulting
Domain: youngconsulting-us.com

Name: Young Consulting
norm: young consulting
Domain: youngconsulting-us.com
Industry: Professional ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 10, 2024 – Apr 13, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 28, 2024
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,839state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice to relevant state regulatorsNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and prominent media outlets pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

During the incident: Took certain systems offline to contain the incident
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity forensics firm
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided Blue Shield with copies of the files potentially impacted
Provided confirmation to Blue Shield that those files were accessed by an unauthorized actor
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months through TransUnion/Cyberscout
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and prominent media outlets pursuant to HIPAA
Changes made: Reviewing its policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage and access of sensitive information to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(135 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+152d

Maryland State AG+156d

California State AG+156d

New Hampshire State AG+228d

California State AG+228d

Maine State AG+228d

Maine State AG+310d

New Hampshire State AG+310d

California State AG+310d

Texas State AG+311d

Pattern: first filing Aug 26 (NH), last Jul 3 (TX) — a 311-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 22 — the full spread may be wider.

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/young-consulting-20240826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2024
Raw hash: 067c2c1df26f7a1c3f6d5d58c958e0b807259c528442aaa6953206eb0942fe4a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYoung Consulting

Victim entityYoung Consulting

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2024

Stated responseTook certain systems offline to contain the incident

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov