Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Kinetics Systems Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Feb 7, 2018

To disclose

6 days

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kinetics Systems Inc →

Kinetics Systems, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing attack on Jan 25, 2018, discovered Feb 1, 2018. The incident exposed W-2 data (SSN, names, wages) of 11 NH residents. Kinetics engaged Kroll for 2 years of credit monitoring and implemented technical safeguards.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Jan 25, 2018

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Feb 7, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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

Montana State AGbd_42b812a5231284322018-02-06 · +1dCandidate

Name: Kinetics Systems Inc
norm: kinetics systems
Domain: kinetics.net

Name: Kinetics Systems Inc
norm: kinetics systems
Domain: kinetics.net
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2018
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2018
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General pursuant to New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 359-C:20
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Kinetics continues to monitor the situation
Kinetics has taken procedural, policy and technical steps to minimize the risk
Engaged Kroll Information Assurance, LLC ("Kroll"), a company that specializes in Breach Response services, to offer two (2) years of credit and identity monitoring services
Make available a call center for employees to answer their questions
Changes made: Taken procedural, policy and technical steps to minimize the risk that this kind of exposure happens again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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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Montana State AGFeb 6 · 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/kinetics-systems-20180207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2018
Raw hash: 502f003b0836449105c3ba2ef5757ff11baf65c538e878564e604d46ce22115d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKinetics Systems Inc

Victim entityKinetics Systems Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseKinetics continues to monitor the situation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov