MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Frederick W. Howarth III

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2020

Filed

Jul 20, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

89state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Frederick W. Howarth III →2 incidents on file

TBG West Insurance Services notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident on March 27, 2020, affecting 89 NH residents. Files were encrypted and copied, exposing names, DOBs, and SSNs. Law enforcement (FBI) was notified, and credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

Mar 27, 2020

Discovered

Jul 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3b0781dd5f13c57c2020-07-20Verified
California State AGbd_ffb4e2ca294b2c932020-07-23 · +3dCandidate

Name: Frederick W. Howarth III
norm: frederick w howarth iii

Name: Frederick W. Howarth III
norm: frederick w howarth iii
Also named: Frederick W. Howarth IIIdba oflegal entity
TBG West Insurance Servicesdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Investigated the incident with the help of a leading cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement (including the FBI) and is cooperating with their investigations
Taken additional technical steps to further secure its systems
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 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 AGJul 20 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 20 · first · this page

California State AG+3d

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/howarth-frederick-dba-tbg-west-insurance-20200720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2020
Raw hash: 7feb99d03f808b5aa1fe466bb7b8d71eb1961c50e216e49131f1fef6c750d7a5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrederick W. Howarth III

Victim entityFrederick W. Howarth III

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2020

Stated responseInvestigated the incident with the help of a leading cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov