MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fresh Formats LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 10, 2016

Filed

Feb 22, 2017

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fresh Formats LLC →

Fresh Formats LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a potential security breach involving malware on an HR employee's computer. The file contained names, addresses, and SSNs of associates. Detection occurred Nov 10, 2016. Notifications sent Feb 22, 2017, offering 24 months of credit monitoring. No improper use reported.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Nov 10, 2016

Discovered

Feb 22, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_eb611a420fca2c5e2017-02-23 · +1dVerified

Name: Fresh Formats LLC
norm: fresh formats

Name: Fresh Formats LLC
norm: fresh formats
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Removed the malware from the computer
Sending notification letters out to all individuals whose personal information was contained in the computer file
Offering a two-year subscription to All Clear ID’s Identity Repair and Credit Monitoring Services
Changes made: Taking steps to be sure an incident like this does not occur again
Launched an investigation to determine how the malware got onto the HR associate’s computer and how we can prevent this from occurring again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first · this page

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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/fresh-formats-20170222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2017
Raw hash: 41f74e30d7ee025b996f2f1884311330a331010cfb8f11f9ee9d301cd9dacec8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFresh Formats LLC

Victim entityFresh Formats LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2016

Stated responseRemoved the malware from the computer

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov