HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Inventors Hall of Fame

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 20, 2021

Filed

May 7, 2021

To disclose

17 days

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Inventors Hall of Fame →

National Inventors Hall of Fame notified NH AG of unauthorized access to one employee email account between Jan 27 and Feb 3, 2021. Discovered April 20, 2021. Affected 11 NH residents with names and SSNs. Notifications sent May 3, 2021, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 83 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Jan 27, 2021

Begins

Apr 20, 2021

Discovered

May 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_5b457c476bc609a42021-05-04 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b1c379bd485e15152021-05-03 · +4dCandidate

Name: Inventors Hall of Fame
norm: inventors hall of fame

Name: Inventors Hall of Fame
norm: inventors hall of fame
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2021 – Feb 3, 2021
Undetected for: 83 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately contained the email account
Implemented additional security measures
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were impacted complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports
Provided the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 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 AGMay 3 · first

Washington State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/national-investors-hall-fame-20210507.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 7, 2021
Raw hash: e614b9a85e9409e0a713616ff6e274c8433e62749b7e59fd30ec1e6bdfae9260

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInventors Hall of Fame

Victim entityInventors Hall of Fame

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2021

Stated responseImmediately contained the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov