HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

The AFTRA Retirement Fund

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

Mar 2, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

90state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The AFTRA Retirement Fund →3 incidents on file

AFTRA Retirement Fund notified the NH AG of unauthorized network access between Oct 24-28, 2019, discovered Oct 28, 2019. ~90 NH residents affected. Data potentially included names, SSNs, DOBs, financial info. Investigation ongoing with forensic experts. Notices mailed Feb 25, 2020; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 126 days

Oct 24, 2019

Begins

Oct 28, 2019

Discovered

Mar 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2c0928d8cd6c12b32020-02-25 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_3827b8b1b244c4f02020-02-25 · +6dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3f2ecb95654182522020-02-25 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4365216e08330aa42020-02-25 · +6dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 61d gap

California State AGbd_7977ec6849d8afaa2020-02-25 · +6dVerified
HHS OCRbd_9ca97b1dae5250542020-02-25 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_fa2dfc25d9f345f52020-02-25 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_91abcdb4abb9fbea2020-01-01 · +61dCandidate

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 90state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to other regulators as requiredWill notify the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic expert
Undertook a time-consuming review of all the files and folders that may have been accessed
Began mailing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Posted notice of the incident on its website
Issued a press release nationwide
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for one year through Kroll, at no cost
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice to other regulators as required
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing its existing security measures and working to implement additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(126 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+55d

Washington State AG+55d

Indiana State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+55d

California State AG+55d

HHS OCR+55d

Oregon State AG+55d

New Hampshire State AG+61d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 2 (NH) — a 61-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/aftra-retirement-20200302.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2020
Raw hash: 5b1212da96870d1d65711d7793dba2b8505ffc40e6c6cafe34fa73208bfe79c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Victim entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov