Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

ADF International, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2017

Filed

Apr 12, 2017

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ADF International, Inc. →

ADF International, Inc. reported a social engineering incident where an unauthorized individual impersonated an employee to obtain W-2 data (names, SSNs, addresses, compensation) from an employee on March 10, 2017. The incident was discovered on March 13, 2017. One New Hampshire resident was notified. ADF engaged law enforcement and provided employee security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Mar 10, 2017

Begins

Mar 13, 2017

Discovered

Apr 12, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_b747b5705f4a99922017-03-13 · +30dCandidate

Name: ADF International, Inc.
norm: adf international
Domain: adfgroup.com

Name: ADF International, Inc.
norm: adf international
Domain: adfgroup.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2017
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-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 GeneralFiled report with Internal Revenue ServiceFiled report with Federal Trade CommissionFiled report with Montana Department of Justice Office of Consumer ProtectionNotified local law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Cooperated in their investigation of this incident
Notified affected individuals via a written letter
Changes made: Providing additional training concerning how to handle any requests for sensitive information
Training on how to potentially recognize a phishing scheme for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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 AGMar 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 13 (MT), last Apr 12 (NH) — a 30-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/adf-20170412.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2017
Raw hash: e911e6604ab20217ff06b50a99b49dbe9f09cbf2db3f9bb2ad633afbdc4c1a90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityADF International, Inc.

Victim entityADF International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2017

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov