HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

4Access

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2012

Filed

Nov 7, 2012

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

121state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for 4Access →

National Processing Company, Inc. notified the NH AG that 4Access's check-processing network was accessed by an unauthorized person on Sept 24, 2012. Data included names, addresses, checking/routing numbers, and driver's licenses. 121 NH residents notified. Network shut down; forensic investigation conducted; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Sep 24, 2012

Discovered

Nov 7, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed121 affectedView incident

Name: National Processing Company, Inc.
norm: national processing

Name: 4Access
norm: 4access
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Sep 24, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 8, 2012
Affected individuals: 121state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: The 4Access computer network was permanently shut down
Started a forensic investigation
Arrangements were made for individuals to enroll in a complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection service for one year provided by Experian
Changes made: The computer network that supports the 4Access terminals has been permanently shut down
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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/4access-20121107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2012
Raw hash: b60ffccec61e744e9bef0c571aa2a48cf39371e539a9d85b760f8093582bcf59

Reporting entityNational Processing Company, Inc.

Victim entity4Access

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2012

Stated responseThe 4Access computer network was permanently shut down

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov