HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated

bd_83c9486daa8c3a63 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 24, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

52 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated →

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. reported unauthorized access to a single employee email account from February 29, 2024, to April 11, 2024. The incident affected approximately 5 individuals (2 New Hampshire residents, 3 Rhode Island residents). Personal information potentially accessed included identity data. The company disabled the account, reset credentials, engaged third-party specialists, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Feb 29, 2024

Begins

Oct 24, 2024

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_a835a9bfe9f8ef4c2024-10-24Verified

Name: Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated
norm: starkweather shepley insurance brokerage

Name: Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated
norm: starkweather shepley insurance brokerage
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 29, 2024 – Apr 11, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 24, 2024
Affected individuals: 5state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice to the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProvided written notice to relevant state regulators, as necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the compromised employee email account
Reset the account’s credentials
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity and data privacy specialists
Conducted a comprehensive review of the email account’s contents to identify potentially impacted individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services through Experian at no cost
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notified relevant state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Reinforced with staff the importance of safeguarding information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 AGOct 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

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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/starkweather-shepley-insurance-brokerage-20241024.pdf
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Filed at: Oct 24, 2024
Raw hash: e03ac438aa9df4d91f929327d1a6d529e4d3a2b34f7c6258d3192ba2a210eabf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStarkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated

Victim entityStarkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Incorporated

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseDisabled the compromised employee email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov