AccidentalTelecom & MediaInformationMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighContained

Birch Communications, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 4, 2016

Filed

Aug 25, 2016

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

1,9134 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Birch Communications, Inc. →

Birch Communications notified the NH Attorney General of an incident on August 4, 2016, where an employee inadvertently emailed a file containing names and SSNs of 1,913 current and former employees to a former employee. The company confirmed the data was deleted from the recipient's computer and took possession of the device. 4 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and reviewing email policies.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Aug 4, 2016

Begins

Aug 4, 2016

Discovered

Aug 25, 2016

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_fa4cbc1a8b1b808f2016-08-26 · +1dVerified

Name: Birch Communications, Inc.
norm: birch communications

Name: Birch Communications, Inc.
norm: birch communications
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Aug 4, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,913state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Contacted the former employee who received the attachment
Obtained the former employee's written confirmation that the personal information not belonging to the former employee had been completely deleted
Forensically confirmed that electronic files containing the personal information no longer reside on the former employee's computer
Took possession of the former employee's computer
Changes made: Providing 12 months of credit monitoring services at no cost
Reexamining current data privacy and security policies and procedures
Retaining employees about email best practices
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 25 · first · this page

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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/birch-communications-20160825.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2016
Raw hash: c8d698a739bc0d0603a6a734045960bbded62b45e8c203d9de866304dc4ba845

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBirch Communications, Inc.

Victim entityBirch Communications, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 4, 2016

Stated responseContacted the former employee who received the attachment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov