HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

North American Title Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 13, 2017

Filed

Nov 3, 2017

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for North American Title Company →

North American Title Company notified the NH AG of a security incident affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred between June 27 and August 16, 2017. The attacker may have viewed the resident's name and SSN. NAT engaged forensic investigators, notified the resident on Nov 3, 2017, and offered one year of Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 108 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Jun 27, 2017

Begins

Oct 13, 2017

Discovered

Nov 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: North American Title Company
norm: north american title
Domain: nat.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2017 – Aug 16, 2017
Undetected for: 108 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 3, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Completed investigation with the assistance of a leading computer forensics company
Notifying affected individual in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 359-C:20
Offering the affected individual a complimentary one-year membership in Experian's credit monitoring service
Changes made: Re-training its employees on cybersecurity awareness
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 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/north-american-title-20171103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 3, 2017
Raw hash: b84edb7ade796b17eccef84c0e999835ac8a38ff24d24e61d9feb399a621c9c6

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityNorth American Title Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2017

Stated responseCompleted investigation with the assistance of a leading computer forensics company

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov