HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ambassador Title Service and Accurate Title Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 25, 2016

Filed

Feb 28, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Ambassador Title Service and Accurate Title Company experienced a data security incident in December 2016, discovered on Dec 25, 2016. The incident potentially exposed names, SSNs, and financial account information for 6 New Hampshire residents. Notices were sent on Feb 28, 2017. The companies engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Dec 25, 2016

Discovered

Feb 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: THOMPSON COBURN LLP
norm: thompson coburn
Domain: thompsoncoburn.com

Name: Ambassador Title Service and Accurate Title Company
norm: ambassador title service and accurate title
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 25, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2017
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged independent forensic investigators to assist
Notified law enforcement authorities and is cooperating with their investigation
Offering potentially impacted individuals credit monitoring and identity restoration services through AllClear ID, free of charge for one year
Notice was also provided to the credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Enhancing the security of the information in its systems by adding additional monitoring capabilities
Deleting unnecessary information
Further securing access controls
Increasing network monitoring capabilities
Working with computer security partners to enhance system security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 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/ambassador-title-20170228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2017
Raw hash: 94b9b224dd72e659d90db5fdc311198e90846008fdc61f0a90af6ff15d46bd77

Reporting entityTHOMPSON COBURN LLP

Victim entityAmbassador Title Service and Accurate Title Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 25, 2016

Stated responseEngaged independent forensic investigators to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov