HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Asurint

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2018

Filed

Dec 3, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Asurint →

Asurint notified the NH Attorney General of a data incident affecting one NH resident. On Sept 19, 2018, a staffing company's former employee used stolen credentials to request a background check. Asurint discovered the unauthorized access on Oct 16, 2018. The report contained name, DOB, and SSN association, but no account numbers or credit scores. Asurint applied internal controls and offered 1 year of LifeLock.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Sep 19, 2018

Begins

Oct 16, 2018

Discovered

Dec 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6acfbe4d6f674d692018-12-04 · +1dVerified

Name: Asurint
norm: asurint
Domain: asurint.com

Name: Asurint
norm: asurint
Domain: asurint.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 19, 2018
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Apprising Attorney General Joseph A. Foster of a possible data incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated their own internal investigation
Applied additional internal controls to this staffing company
Offering the individual potentially affected by this incident one (I) year's-worth of the LifeLock Standard Membership program
Mailed a notification letter
Changes made: Applied additional internal controls to this staffing company to prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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 AGDec 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/asurint-20181203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2018
Raw hash: 91e41b2986094348920e6eabd820efd8c9f15320962e1d1aa7312b002fbbd0cc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAsurint

Victim entityAsurint

Incidentdiscovered Oct 16, 2018

Stated responseInitiated their own internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov