MalwareTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pivot Technology Services Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 12, 2020

Filed

Jul 27, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Pivot Technology Services Corp. notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack discovered June 12, 2020. The attacker gained access June 9-12, 2020, encrypting infrastructure and exfiltrating employee PII (SSNs, bank details, payroll). One NH resident affected. Pivot engaged CrowdStrike, implemented MFA, and offers 2 years of Equifax ID Patrol.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jun 9, 2020

Begins

Jun 12, 2020

Discovered

Jul 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_fdb67c83c68c795e2020-07-24 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_0e689b268a5ab8022020-07-22 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_a71a1ce4eca37b5b2020-07-22 · +5dVerified

Name: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
norm: norton rose fulbright canada

Name: Pivot Technology Services Corp.
norm: pivot technology services
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 9, 2020 – Jun 12, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
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 Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged CrowdStrike to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Implemented countermeasures to minimize the encryption of its systems
Expedited the implementation process for Multifactor Authentication (MFA) for all applications that are accessed remotely
Offering a complimentary 2 year membership of Equifax ID Patrol
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards in accordance with the recommendations of the forensic firm, including CrowdStrike Falcon, Mimecast URL filtering process, and Cisco Umbrella
Conducted a thorough review of the potentially affected records
Continues to review existing policies and procedures designed to try to prevent a similar occurrence from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJul 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 22 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 22 (CA), last Jul 27 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/pivot-technology-services-20200727.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2020
Raw hash: 8a6284adb80cebdade12245b434c5e3774e5903fac5b59f0f0b6c157c75d8d40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Victim entityPivot Technology Services Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 12, 2020

Stated responseEngaged CrowdStrike to conduct a comprehensive investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov