HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

The Atlantic

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

25 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Atlantic →5 incidents on file

Atlantic States Management notified New Hampshire AG of a data incident involving third-party provider TMR. Unauthorized access to check images occurred June-July 2020. Affected data included names, addresses, and bank account/routing numbers. 2 NH residents notified. FBI reported.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Jun 1, 2020

Begins

Aug 14, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1d8cb9106016e4a12020-09-10 · +2dVerified

Name: The Atlantic
norm: the atlantic
Domain: theatlantic.com

Name: The Atlantic
norm: the atlantic
Domain: theatlantic.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2020 – Jul 1, 2020
Undetected for: 74 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to the FBI
Third party: via Technology Management Resources, Inc.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported the incident to the FBI
Offered 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offered a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered fully managed ID theft recovery services
Mailed notification letters to affected individuals
Changes made: Third party service provider reset passwords
Third party service provider reset customer credentials
Third party service provider strengthened its firewall
Atlantic States Management reviewing its relationship with Pinnacle Bank
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 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 AGSep 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/atlantic-states-management-20200908.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2020
Raw hash: c78dc3418a4c893ae2e0105022e085f1245653beeaf52158fece2f5d22d9ca58

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Atlantic

Victim entityThe Atlantic

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2020

Stated responseReported the incident to the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov