HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 16, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. →

Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident between Feb 1-3, 2012. Unauthorized attempts to transfer funds were made, and an intruder viewed automated payment records via a third-party vendor. Affected data included customer names, bank routing/account numbers, and HTC account numbers for 8 NH residents. No internal databases were accessed. HTC engaged law enforcement, notified banks, deployed antivirus updates, and implemented deep packet analysis middleware.

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Incident timeline

Feb 1, 2012

Begins

Feb 16, 2012

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f7aa845b82186e422012-02-21 · +5dVerified

Name: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
norm: nelson mullins riley scarborough

Name: Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: horry telephone cooperative
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2012 – Feb 3, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2012
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified NH Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified appropriate law enforcement organizations
Notified financial institutions
Notified related software providers and vendors
Worked with anti-virus software vendor Symantec to add Win32Zbot signature
Deployed updates to all computers on HTC’s internal network
Implementing another layer of security middleware that conducts deep packet analysis
Implemented a user awareness program to educate and provide additional training on security to employees
Reviewing policies and procedures to reduce the risk of a future incident
Changes made: Adding another layer of security middleware that conducts deep packet analysis of encrypted files sent to the HTC network
Implemented a user awareness program in order to educate and provide additional training on security to employees
Reviewing policies and procedures to reduce the risk of a future incident of this nature
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 16 (NH), last Feb 21 (MA) — a 5-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/horry-telephone-20120216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2012
Raw hash: cbb576fab61452545e262f7eb292eb11a2a0aadabdae0f2e19dc8aa84f9479ec

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Victim entityHorry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified appropriate law enforcement organizations

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov