Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Leaffilter North, LLC

bd_24f2bbe38ec2c5f0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 29, 2018

Filed

Oct 5, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Leaffilter North, LLC →

LeafFilter North LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access to 3 employee email accounts occurred between April 1 and August 21, 2018. PII including SSNs and bank account numbers was accessed. Notification sent October 4, 2018. MFA and training implemented.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 150 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Apr 1, 2018

Begins

Aug 29, 2018

Discovered

Oct 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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_e2ac87fee6759d632018-10-04 · +1dVerified

Name: Leaffilter North, LLC
norm: leaffilter north

Name: Leaffilter North, LLC
norm: leaffilter north
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 29, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2018 – Aug 21, 2018
Undetected for: 150 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the accounts
Began an investigation
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist with the investigation
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing significant additional procedures, including multi-factor authentication
Providing additional education and training to its employees
Offering eligible individuals a complimentary one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 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 AGOct 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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Leak-site claim

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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/leaffilter-north-20181005.pdf
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Filed at: Oct 5, 2018
Raw hash: ed71bf3cda5e0e3b1f152167503a720b79ed3d63cfe9d3504f7af92f0e62c561

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLeaffilter North, LLC

Victim entityLeaffilter North, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 29, 2018

Stated responseTook steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov