MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Keenan & Associates

bd_5da5a4567f12d347 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 27, 2023

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1088 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Keenan & Associates →4 incidents on file

Keenan & Associates, an insurance brokerage, reported a ransomware incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General in a supplemental notice dated March 29, 2024. The breach involved unauthorized access to internal systems between August 21 and 27, 2023. The incident affected 108 New Hampshire residents, including current and former employees, their dependents, and client-associated individuals. Personal information, including names and government IDs, was exfiltrated. Keenan contained the breach, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Aug 21, 2023

Begins

Aug 27, 2023

Discovered

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b942c1dd7f723d7c2024-04-02 · +4dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_3baa19847fe317a92024-03-22 · +7dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e5a4bff130cae61e2024-04-11 · +13dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_46415f2cecc8e6b72024-01-26 · +63dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_63b90faa80ccda952024-01-26 · +63dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_8e23d2bc69a338dc2024-01-26 · +63dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_aa3df6e17abb2cee2024-01-26 · +63dVerified
California State AGbd_b5101c052f403dd42024-01-26 · +63dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_bd517874daee54a22024-01-26 · +63dVerified
California State AGbd_b81430bb11ab66382024-10-15 · +200dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
norm: norton rose fulbright us

Name: Keenan & Associates
norm: keenan associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 21, 2023 – Aug 27, 2023
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 108state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice

During the incident: Disconnected the entire network to contain the suspicious activity
Engaged leading third-party cybersecurity and forensic experts to assist in the investigation
Law enforcement has been notified
Retrieved the data involved from the unauthorized party
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and fraud protection services
Provided a toll-free hotline for individuals to call
Provided substitute notice as well as media notice to pertinent publications
Changes made: Implemented additional security protocols designed to enhance the security of its network, internal systems and applications
Continues to evaluate additional steps that may be taken to further increase its defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGJan 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 26 · first

Maine State AGJan 26 · first

Oregon State AGJan 26 · first

California State AGJan 26 · first

Vermont State AGJan 26 · first

California State AG+56d

New Hampshire State AG+63d · this page

Maine State AG+67d

California State AG+76d

California State AG+263d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (WA), last Oct 15 (CA) — a 263-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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/keenan-associates-20240329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2024
Raw hash: d75e1049ca54f82609288a1abcc9c8d15dc667919c831f56f86970a895630e11

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Victim entityKeenan & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected the entire network to contain the suspicious activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov