Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Huntington's Disease Society of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 6, 2013

Filed

Jul 22, 2013

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Huntington's Disease Society of America →3 incidents on file

HDSA reported unauthorized access to a financial executive's webmail account on May 3, 2013, discovered May 6, 2013. The attacker attempted fraud via stolen credentials. Data exposed included names, addresses, and SSNs of employees, donors, and vendors. One NH resident affected. HDSA engaged forensic experts (Kivu Consulting) and legal counsel, reported to NYPD/FBI, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

May 3, 2013

Begins

May 6, 2013

Discovered

Jul 22, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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_b4641ff13ff60cc52013-07-25 · +3dVerified

Name: De Luca & Hamilton LLP
norm: de luca hamilton

Name: Huntington's Disease Society of America
norm: huntington s disease society of america
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 6, 2013
Breach occurred: May 3, 2013
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 22, 2013
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to other state regulatorsProviding written notice to national consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed this executive’s network access credentials
Reported the incident to the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Retained independent, third-party forensic experts Kivu Consulting, Inc. to assist with the investigation
Retained privacy and data security legal counsel
Changes made: Offering each individual access to one (1) free year of credit monitoring services and identity restoration services
Providing each individual with information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 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 AGJul 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/huntingtons-disease-20130722.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 22, 2013
Raw hash: 1190abcf96412b6debb797c0a70c376f13f75f85c87214c5183ecb11b7a2e11d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDe Luca & Hamilton LLP

Victim entityHuntington's Disease Society of America

Incidentdiscovered May 6, 2013

Stated responseChanged this executive’s network access credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov