HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 29, 2015

Filed

Apr 7, 2015

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

34state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Austin Powder Company notified NH AG of a breach affecting 34 NH residents. Third-party administrator Anthem, Inc. was victim of a cyber-attack using stolen DBA credentials (Dec 2014-Jan 2015). Data exposed: names, SSNs, DOB, addresses, employment info. Anthem engaged Mandiant and FBI.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Dec 10, 2014

Begins

Jan 29, 2015

Discovered

Apr 7, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Part of ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed34 affectedView incident

Name: AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY
norm: austin powder

Name: AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY
norm: austin powder
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2014 – Jan 27, 2015
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2015
Affected individuals: 34state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of JusticeNotified federal law enforcement officials (FBI)
Third party: via Anthem, Inc.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted the FBI
Cooperating with the FBI’s investigation
Retained Mandiant to assist with the investigation
Strengthen the security of its systems
Changed passwords
Secured the compromised database warehouse
Changes made: Strengthen the security of its systems
Changed passwords
Secured the compromised database warehouse
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/austin-powder-20150407.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2015
Raw hash: b7b133c70f0128ea2328c4d47296f86797d150c721213a057560859921de4041

Reporting entityAUSTIN POWDER COMPANY

Victim entityAUSTIN POWDER COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2015

Stated responseContacted the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov