HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Weichert Companies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 20, 2017

Filed

Jun 11, 2018

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Weichert Companies →

Weichert Co. notified the NH AG of a data security incident discovered on Dec 20, 2017, where a file server was accessible to unknown individuals. 5 NH residents affected. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and payroll info. No evidence of misuse. Remediation included server removal, security strengthening, and 12 months of Kroll credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 173 days

Dec 20, 2017

Discovered

Jun 11, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_11db6797e3c24db12018-06-11Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5c5987ec215b82622018-06-11Verified

Name: Weichert Companies
norm: weichert companies

Name: Weichert Companies
norm: weichert companies
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reporting the incident to government regulators

During the incident: Removing the server
Conducted an investigation
Assessing the affected server and increased monitoring of its systems
Strengthening its IT security and data retention procedures and policies
Reporting the incident to government regulators
Provided potentially impacted individuals with identity theft restoration and credit monitoring services for 12 months at no cost to the individual, through Kroll
Notice is also being provided to the credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Strengthening its IT security and data retention procedures and policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(173 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJun 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 11 · first · 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/weichert-20180611.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2018
Raw hash: a5d8bff392ad11c0e041649522a7febf364d3e08f340d2fea652a26621ba6933

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWeichert Companies

Victim entityWeichert Companies

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2017

Stated responseRemoving the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov