AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisdeliverySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Hauser, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 15, 2019

Filed

Jun 28, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hauser, Inc. →

Hauser, Inc., a business advisory firm, notified the NH AG of an inadvertent disclosure of personal information (names, SSNs, DOBs, health insurance info) for 10 NH residents. The data was sent to dental/vision providers by Hauser's subcontractor during an RFP process for The Hershey Company. Hauser offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Apr 30, 2019

Begins

May 15, 2019

Discovered

Jun 28, 2019

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_f86a6b8fec68cfdc2019-06-28Verified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Hauser, Inc.
norm: hauser
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 30, 2019
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2019
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Commenced an investigation with Hershey
Obtained signed affidavits of destruction from providers
Provided written notification to affected residents
Provided a dedicated response line for questions
Offered a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service through Experian
Advised residents about placing fraud alerts and security freezes
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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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Massachusetts State AGJun 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 28 · first · 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/hauser-20190628.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2019
Raw hash: 0cff31efb7241c3e05e55e86f014888920eb3c7e77b23ca72a8cf7c3bcb1ec00

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityHauser, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2019

Stated responseCommenced an investigation with Hershey

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov