PhysicalProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

First Advantage Tax Consulting Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

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First Advantage Tax Consulting Services lost a laptop containing names and SSNs of 12 New Hampshire residents on June 10, 2010. Reed Smith LLP notified the NH AG on July 27, 2010. No evidence of theft or unauthorized access was found. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

Jun 10, 2010

Begins

Jul 27, 2010

Filed

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_d696c5ca8a3ee9a62010-07-28 · +1dVerified

Name: REED SMITH LLP
norm: reed smith

Name: First Advantage Tax Consulting Services
norm: first advantage tax consulting
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jun 10, 2010
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 27, 2010
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Reported the lost laptop to appropriate authorities
Changed the laptop's password remotely
Shut off the laptop's ability to access the TCS network
Initiated an investigation to identify the data present on the laptop
Offering one year of credit monitoring to the individuals notified at no charge
Changes made: Offering one free credit report and 12 months of one bureau credit monitoring through First Advantage Membership Services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 AGJul 27 · first · this page

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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/reed-smith-20100727.pdf
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Filed at: Jul 27, 2010
Raw hash: ed0266a01f678873f5abfc821b2800c61774370af3bb0831b4bed1cc211e54b6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityREED SMITH LLP

Victim entityFirst Advantage Tax Consulting Services

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseReported the lost laptop to appropriate authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov