HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Area Five Agency on Aging & Community Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2022

Filed

Sep 19, 2022

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Area Five Agency on Aging & Community Services notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized access occurred on Feb 2, 2022, involving names and SSNs. Notification sent Sept 14, 2022. Response included law enforcement notification, credit monitoring via TransUnion, and employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 229 days

Feb 2, 2022

Begins

Feb 2, 2022

Discovered

Sep 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 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

Indiana State AGbd_a0e0de08ce0c762b2022-09-14 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dea76667f9b48c842022-09-14 · +5dVerified

Name: Area Five Agency on Aging & Community Services
norm: area five agency on aging & community services

Name: Area Five Agency on Aging & Community Services
norm: area five agency on aging & community services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-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: Provided notice to New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection BureauProviding written notice of this incident to pertinent regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the environment and launched an investigation
Performed a comprehensive review of the potentially impacted files
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Will participate in any criminal investigation into this matter
Providing access to credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services for one (1) year, through TransUnion
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing and enhancing policies and procedures
Conducting workforce training to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(229 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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Indiana State AGSep 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 14 (IN), last Sep 19 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/area-five-agency-aging-community-services-20220919.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2022
Raw hash: 26631c58b7e45fb745c54cd32552d85ddbcce1ec3c169305169b6d8537861288

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArea Five Agency on Aging & Community Services

Victim entityArea Five Agency on Aging & Community Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2022

Stated responseSecured the environment and launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov