Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

netPolarity Inc.

bd_3e301aedb438af69 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2017

Filed

Mar 17, 2017

To disclose

8 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for netPolarity Inc. →

netPolarity Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a phishing incident where an employee was deceived into sending W-2 forms (containing names and SSNs) to a scammer posing as the CEO. The incident affected 2 New Hampshire residents. netPolarity notified the FBI, offered two years of credit monitoring via Experian, and enhanced employee security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 8 days

Mar 2, 2017

Begins

Mar 9, 2017

Discovered

Mar 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: netPolarity Inc.
norm: netpolarity

Name: netPolarity Inc.
norm: netpolarity
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2017
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI and will cooperate in any investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the FBI and will cooperate in any investigation
Offered them a two-year membership in Experian's IdentityWorks Credit Plus credit monitoring product at no cost to them
Arranged identity theft protection services for you
Reviewing our processes and procedures and will increase training across NetPolarity on security measures, including avoiding phishing scams
Changes made: Reviewing our processes and procedures and will increase training across NetPolarity on security measures, including avoiding phishing scams
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 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/netpolarity-20170317.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2017
Raw hash: 7731877002d4ec197baa21cfc3fb6a0a35490becc6e395f8311982e6f0647fb0

Reporting entitynetPolarity Inc.

Victim entitynetPolarity Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2017

Stated responseNotified the FBI and will cooperate in any investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov