MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Kitestring Consulting, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2021

Filed

Mar 15, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kitestring Consulting, Inc. →

Kitestring Consulting, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event involving a third-party payroll vendor. On February 1, 2021, Kitestring detected suspicious activity where an unauthorized actor accessed the vendor's server and attempted to encrypt files. One NH resident was affected. Data potentially exposed included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and bank account info. Kitestring offered one year of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 1, 2021

Discovered

Mar 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_60cfb7c24338cc0c2021-03-11 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_80cf707f62c0f44d2021-03-11 · +4dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Kitestring Consulting, Inc.
norm: kitestring consulting
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of Kitestring systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Working to evaluate policies with its vendors and implement additional safeguards
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Kroll, to individuals whose information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to evaluate policies with its vendors and implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 11 · first

Indiana State AGMar 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/kitestring-consulting-20210315.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2021
Raw hash: 212c93a01f536585abd6d44b9d1b04be567e1487af3f394f5d53dccad04fc8b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityKitestring Consulting, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov