Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

NorthStar Leasing

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 12, 2022

Filed

Dec 12, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

25state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for NorthStar Leasing →

North Star Leasing notified individuals of unauthorized access to an employee email account between August 10 and September 8, 2022. The breach was discovered on September 12, 2022. Accessible data included names. Notices were sent on December 12, 2022, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Aug 10, 2022

Begins

Sep 12, 2022

Discovered

Dec 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7804506fa657e1df2022-12-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_98cb74d5c10927762022-12-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_eb9b1c19e5728b592022-12-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a2dff5045dca199c2022-12-19 · +7dVerified

Name: NorthStar Leasing
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Name: NorthStar Leasing
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 12, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 10, 2022 – Sep 8, 2022
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 25state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the account
Initiated a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of computer forensic specialists
Performed a programmatic and manual review of the email account
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring services for 24 months through Experian
Changes made: Enhanced our email security protocols to further detect and respond to anomalous activity
Reviewing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 12 · first

Indiana State AGDec 12 · first

Maine State AGDec 12 · first

Montana State AGDec 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 12 (MA), last Dec 19 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-771.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2022
Raw hash: f369c3c781b8405146ef77eefab639f56e790fd16ca25d49bcef5d11a42ea7fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthStar Leasing

Victim entityNorthStar Leasing

Incidentdiscovered Sep 12, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov