HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

bd_2c42d96ebd9d0696 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2016

Filed

Apr 6, 2016

To disclose

29 days

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Whiting-Turner Contracting Company →

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company notified the NH AG of a data event involving a third-party tax vendor. Suspicious activity was detected on March 8, 2016. 8 NH residents' PII (SSN, DOB, W-2/1095 data) potentially affected. Investigation ongoing. FBI/IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Mar 8, 2016

Discovered

Apr 6, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6fa25983a274368a2016-04-06Verified
Montana State AGbd_965115db0713961f2016-04-06Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_56b82c9be973171c2016-04-11 · +5dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
norm: whiting turner contracting
Domain: whiting-turner.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 31, 2016
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified certain other state regulators
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Shut down user access to Whiting-Turner information on the vendor’s systems
Began an investigation to determine whether any employee information was or may have been subject to unauthorized access
Provided notice of this incident to all current, former, or retired employees who received an IRS Form W2 from Whiting-Turner for 2015
Provided preliminary notice to all affected current employees on March 31, 2016, by electronic mail
Provided access to one (1) free year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Provided potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notified the FBI, IRS, and certain other state regulators
Changes made: Taking necessary steps to determine the security of employee information stored within its vendor’s systems, and within its own systems
Providing guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGApr 6 · first

Montana State AGApr 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 6 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Apr 6 (CA), last Apr 11 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/whiting-turner-20160406.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2016
Raw hash: c28ba9251c4d5ef6868a0373ee21007ac534266aca913433237c6949171340a5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityWhiting-Turner Contracting Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2016

Stated responseShut down user access to Whiting-Turner information on the vendor’s systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov