MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Pension Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 21, 2016

Filed

Nov 9, 2016

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

42state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Pension Plan →

UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan reported a ransomware attack to the New Hampshire Attorney General on November 9, 2016. Unauthorized access to the plan's server occurred on July 14, 2016, followed by a ransomware attack on July 21, 2016. While forensic investigation found no evidence of data acquisition, the plan could not rule it out. The incident potentially affected 42 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and bank account information. The plan offered one year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Jul 14, 2016

Begins

Jul 21, 2016

Discovered

Nov 9, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_01d8a838089cfbf52016-11-09Candidate
California State AGbd_219edff0f57142f72016-11-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3cb6dfa50884b1c82016-11-09Verified
Washington State AGbd_50ec984949acceea2016-11-09Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_70ce4bca427f95062016-11-09Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Pension Plan
norm: ufcw local 655 food employers pension plan
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 21, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 14, 2016 – Jul 21, 2016
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2016
Affected individuals: 42state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to your office (New Hampshire Attorney General)providing notice of this incident to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required

During the incident: Retained a third-party data forensic firm to assist in the investigation
Mailing written notice of this incident to these 42 New Hampshire residents
Offering those individuals impacted by this incident access to one free year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Kroll
Providing these individuals with helpful information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Offering the parents or guardians of affected minors and the families of deceased individuals impacted by this incident access to one free year of identity restoration and consultation services with Kroll
Providing notice of this incident to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required
Changes made: Updating its security procedures
Securing its network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGNov 9 · first

California State AGNov 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 9 · first

Washington State AGNov 9 · first

Oregon State AGNov 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 9 · first · this page

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/ufcw-local-655-20161109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 9, 2016
Raw hash: 17997d29b7905871c2aab95018b2341c212132f298489c4e57174c48a52cdf14

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityUFCW Local 655 Food Employers Pension Plan

Incidentdiscovered Jul 21, 2016

Stated responseRetained a third-party data forensic firm to assist in the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov