MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Accedian Networks US Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 15, 2020

Filed

Jul 2, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Accedian Networks US Inc. →

Accedian Networks US Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident discovered on May 15, 2020. The attack resulted in data exfiltration affecting one New Hampshire resident, whose PII, SSN, and financial data were accessed. Accedian contained the incident, engaged forensic experts, and implemented significant network security remediations. Notification to the affected individual was sent on July 2, 2020.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

May 15, 2020

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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_9cee5b3e1564eece2020-06-30 · +2dVerified

Name: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
norm: norton rose fulbright canada

Name: Accedian Networks US Inc.
norm: accedian networks us
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 15, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the Cybercrime Division of their local police authorityreported the incident to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

During the incident: Shutting down all servers and machines
Put in place an incident response plan
Retained forensic experts to contain the incident and determine its scope
Password reset and multi-factor authentication for all GSuite users
Separating routing from Firewall
Building a new Firewall to support Web Filtering
Building a green network with additional VLANs
Revalidating all internal routes
Rebuilding an Active Directory
Changing VPN Protocol and security
Deploying Enterprise wide Antivirus/Malware/End-point security
Changes made: Password reset and multi-factor authentication for all GSuite users
Separating routing from Firewall
Building a new Firewall to support Web Filtering
Building a green network with additional VLANs
Revalidating all internal routes
Rebuilding an Active Directory
Changing VPN Protocol and security
Deploying Enterprise wide Antivirus/Malware/End-point security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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 AGJun 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

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/accedian-networks-us-20200702.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 2, 2020
Raw hash: 214946cb9f98028542865d04cdcf14d0e505c0c2e6e2d0e067b68b183fd1b044

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Victim entityAccedian Networks US Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2020

Stated responseShutting down all servers and machines

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov