HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Retirement Clearinghouse

bd_88f5da311421de60 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 15, 2023

Filed

May 16, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

82state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Retirement Clearinghouse →

Retirement Clearinghouse notified the NH Attorney General of a data event affecting approximately 82 New Hampshire residents. On March 15, 2023, the company identified suspicious activity on an email account. An investigation confirmed that files were at risk of unauthorized access between March 15 and 16, 2023. The incident involved potential exposure of personal and financial information. The company engaged in an investigation, notified affected organizations, and began sending notices to residents on May 12, 2023. Remedial measures included credit monitoring via Experian and evaluation of security safeguards.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Mar 15, 2023

Begins

Mar 15, 2023

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a284593c17f2ffb2023-05-12 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6217d3fa73be68a32023-05-12 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_64cbb92c9ed4d3ab2023-05-12 · +4dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_9cb3c2bea8f81f852023-05-12 · +4dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_babae624a69078832023-05-12 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_e1b9cf14f5537d0d2023-05-12 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_e44c3b51110a9ee62023-05-12 · +4dVerified

Name: Retirement Clearinghouse
norm: retirement clearinghouse

Name: Retirement Clearinghouse
norm: retirement clearinghouse
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2023 – Mar 16, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2023
Affected individuals: 82state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Identified potentially suspicious activity for one email account
Took steps to confirm the security of the account
Began an investigation
Notified a potentially affected organization on March 18, 2023
Undertook a comprehensive review of the data to determine its contents
Issued supplemental notification to the organization on April 11, 2023
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve months through Experian
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and credit freeze
Providing written notice of this event to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Took remedial measures within our organization
Evaluating additional safeguards to mitigate recurrence
Evaluating policies and procedures to prevent reoccurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 12 · first

Indiana State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AGMay 12 · first

Oregon State AGMay 12 · first

Montana State AGMay 12 · first

California State AGMay 12 · first

Vermont State AGMay 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

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/retirement-clearinghouse-20230516.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2023
Raw hash: 63f08097b6433c79e46c60184a4a16cc6c125030403b8f912eefe8eb69835644

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRetirement Clearinghouse

Victim entityRetirement Clearinghouse

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2023

Stated responseIdentified potentially suspicious activity for one email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov