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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumResolved

New Hampshire Department of Employment Security

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 16, 2017

Filed

Nov 20, 2017

To disclose

4 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for New Hampshire Department of Employment Security →2 incidents on file

The New Hampshire Department of Employment Security (NHES) inadvertently faxed a document containing one individual's name, social security number, and current employer to the wrong return fax number. The recipient returned the document to another wrong number, but the individual who received it notified NHES and confirmed the document was destroyed. NHES notified the affected individual and the state Attorney General.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Nov 16, 2017

Begins

Nov 16, 2017

Discovered

Nov 20, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.