Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingBECEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Astadia, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2017

Filed

Feb 6, 2017

To disclose

4 days

Affected

23state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Astadia, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Astadia, Inc. experienced a social engineering incident on February 2, 2017, where an unauthorized individual impersonating an executive tricked an employee into providing files containing personal information for approximately 23 New Hampshire residents. The data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and compensation information. Astadia investigated, found no system compromise, and notified affected individuals and the FBI. The company is offering two years of identity protection and implementing enhanced phishing training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Feb 2, 2017

Begins

Feb 2, 2017

Discovered

Feb 6, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed23 affectedView incident

Name: Astadia, Inc.
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Name: Astadia, Inc.
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Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 23state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralContacted the FBI’s Cyber Division
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Investigated the incident
Contacted law enforcement
Cooperating in law enforcement investigation
Notified affected individuals via written letter
Offering two years of complimentary identity protection services from Equifax
Changes made: Providing periodic updates to employees throughout the year as new phishing schemes or email scams come to attention
Implementing additional training concerning how to handle any requests for sensitive information
Implementing training on how to potentially recognize a phishing scheme for employees in departments with access to sensitive employee information
Conducting training sessions with mock phishing scenarios
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/astadia-20170206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2017
Raw hash: 01f4be3067cb4c66fcd08dba19c609a61f3fc69d5c15cc5fd5dfbec36ee72b3d

Reporting entityAstadia, Inc.

Victim entityAstadia, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2017

Stated responseInvestigated the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov