HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

R.R. Bowker LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 23, 2018

Filed

Nov 21, 2018

To disclose

29 days

Affected

93state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for R.R. Bowker LLC →

R.R. Bowker LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident on its website myidentifiers.com. Unauthorized code was present from May 1 to Oct 23, 2018, capturing customer PII and payment card data (including CVV). Bowker removed the code, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and is cooperating with law enforcement. 93 NH residents were notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 175 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

May 1, 2018

Begins

Oct 23, 2018

Discovered

Nov 21, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_19d3fb359cf5f6642018-11-20 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_3851f0125b1b7c1b2018-11-20 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_868944b4944ff2332018-11-20 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_abb6bce4afcee6e02018-11-20 · +1dVerified

Name: R.R. Bowker LLC
norm: rr bowker

Name: R.R. Bowker LLC
norm: rr bowker
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2018
Breach occurred: May 1, 2018 – Oct 23, 2018
Undetected for: 175 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 20, 2018
Affected individuals: 93state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Removed the unauthorized code
Working with law enforcement and continuing to support law enforcement's investigation
Changes made: Implemented additional security enhancements to the www.myidentifiers.com website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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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Oregon State AGNov 20 · first

California State AGNov 20 · first

Montana State AGNov 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/rr-bowker-20181121.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2018
Raw hash: 95689390c226f14cf1d1e9e6b15afdab9f7ab2a0bc29163fc135bc9c0343426b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityR.R. Bowker LLC

Victim entityR.R. Bowker LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov