AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 19, 2014

Filed

Jul 29, 2014

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,662state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

Northern Trust Company notified the NH AG of an unauthorized access involving 1,662 NH residents. On May 17, 2014, an employee mistakenly transmitted an encrypted file containing PII (names, SSNs, bank account numbers) to a third-party record-keeper. The error was discovered on May 19, 2014. The vendor deleted the file, and no data was forwarded. Northern Trust offered one year of credit monitoring and notified credit bureaus.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

May 17, 2014

Begins

May 19, 2014

Discovered

Jul 29, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_4f0629a67536f2f22014-07-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_d5802de4a6e0f1082014-07-29Verified
Hawaii State AGbd_d595cae220df156e2014-07-29Verified

Name: NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION
norm: northern trust
Domain: northerntrust.com

Name: NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION
norm: northern trust
Domain: northerntrust.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 19, 2014
Breach occurred: May 17, 2014
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2014
Affected individuals: 1,662state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1534 Internal Remote Services
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Began investigating how this incident occurred
Reviewed policies and procedures
Offering one year of free credit monitoring
Provided a call center to answer questions
Notified all three credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Reviewing policies and procedures to ensure that a similar incident does not occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJul 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 29 · first

Hawaii State AGJul 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 29 · 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/northern-trust-20140729.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2014
Raw hash: bd1302e926e0edbc919d6747167ac2051cdda714f07d415a45c170399b66004c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

Victim entityNORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2014

Stated responseBegan investigating how this incident occurred

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov