Social EngineeringTelecom & MediaInformationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 27, 2014

Filed

Feb 24, 2014

To disclose

28 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC. →

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event on Feb 24, 2014. Discovered Jan 27, 2014, an employee's computer was infected via a computer attack (phishing). 2 NH residents' PII (name, SSN, DOB, address) was accessible. Notifications sent Feb 20, 2014. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jan 27, 2014

Discovered

Feb 24, 2014

Filed

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_8f8f2059792ec6c02014-02-28 · +4dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
norm: alaska communications
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jan 27, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2014
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disconnected the affected computer from Alaska Communications’ network
Removed the computer's hard drive
Launched an investigation to determine the full scope of the incident
Retention of a third-party consultant to assist with an evaluation of this incident and a review of Alaska Communications’ security measures
Providing written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Offering access to one free year of credit monitoring services and identity restoration services
Changes made: Reviewing all internal security procedures
Using a third party vendor to perform data security forensics and rapid risk assessment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 24 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/alaska-communications-20140224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2014
Raw hash: 76a23fe6c254ea320b07af6b63e3186652a0f31bf376a9f9d6e9b365632473e0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 27, 2014

Stated responseDisconnected the affected computer from Alaska Communications’ network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov