HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

United Shore Financial Services, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2013

Filed

Mar 20, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for United Shore Financial Services, LLC →3 incidents on file

United Shore Financial Services, LLC reported a computer intrusion affecting 7 New Hampshire residents. The incident began Dec 2, 2012, and was discovered Jan 31, 2013. Exposed data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account info. USFS notified the FBI and Secret Service, reset credentials, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Dec 2, 2012

Begins

Jan 31, 2013

Discovered

Mar 20, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_25eb46aa7f8d11212013-03-21 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_a5989b4bc40ca80c2013-03-19 · +1dCandidate

Name: United Shore Financial Services, LLC
norm: united shore financial
Domain: shoremortgage.loanadministration.com

Name: United Shore Financial Services, LLC
norm: united shore financial
Domain: shoremortgage.loanadministration.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2013
Breach occurred: Dec 2, 2012
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2013
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Banking DepartmentNotified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationCoordinated with the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired outside consultants to conduct an exhaustive investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coordinated investigative efforts with the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force
Changing account passwords
Disabling accounts
Updating application code
Adding additional monitoring procedures to USFS’ databases and systems
Changes made: Offering one year of credit monitoring to these individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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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California State AGMar 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/united-shore-financial-20130320.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2013
Raw hash: 5392201219567590acf167f4d07f1243acc74d24be883d285f9c9be17b8e9c99

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnited Shore Financial Services, LLC

Victim entityUnited Shore Financial Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2013

Stated responseHired outside consultants to conduct an exhaustive investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov