HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)HighActive

Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 11, 2013

Filed

Jan 25, 2013

To disclose

14 days

Affected

1,974

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc. →

Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc. (PCF) notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access and withdrawals from its 401(k) plan accounts managed by Fidelity Management Trust Company. PCF learned of the incident on January 11, 2013, with the first known occurrence on December 24, 2012. An earlier isolated incident occurred in July 2012. Approximately 1,974 current and former employees were potentially affected, including 15 New Hampshire residents. Affected data may include names, Social Security numbers, and financial account access credentials. PCF has engaged law enforcement, changed account access processes, and is reviewing security policies. The investigation is ongoing, and the method of access and responsible party remain unknown.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Dec 24, 2012

Begins

Jan 11, 2013

Discovered

Jan 25, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3cd04680d82c44f92013-01-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.
norm: publishers circulation fulfillment

Name: Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.
norm: publishers circulation fulfillment
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2013
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2012 – Jan 11, 2013
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,974state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: Notified NH Department of JusticeFiled a report with the state police in New JerseyWorking with federal, state and local police

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Working with law enforcement
Working with Fidelity and other third parties to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Changing the process by which Plan participants can access the funds in their accounts
Filed a report with the state police in New Jersey
Sent a cautionary email notification to all active users of its information systems
Reexamining current data privacy and security policies and procedures
Changes made: Reexamining current data privacy and security policies and procedures to find ways of reducing the risk of future data breaches
Assess and modify privacy and data security policies and procedures to prevent similar situations from occurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/fidelity-publishers-circulation-20130125.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2013
Raw hash: b59c74f669b7aeefe82419c35d3cd3943cea0826588250ceebd0c5f2f7612a91

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPublishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.

Victim entityPublishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2013

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov