Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingBECTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Asure Software

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 17, 2016

Filed

Apr 7, 2016

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Asure Software →2 incidents on file

Asure Software notified the NH AG of a phishing attack on March 7, 2016, where hackers posed as an executive to obtain employee W-2 data (names, SSNs, wages). Discovered March 17, 2016. One NH resident affected. Notices sent March 29, 2016. Response included credit monitoring, law enforcement/IRS notification, and policy reviews.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Mar 7, 2016

Begins

Mar 17, 2016

Discovered

Apr 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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_622bafd804b44c522016-04-11 · +4dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Asure Software
norm: asure software
Domain: asuresoftware.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2016
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing affected individuals with twelve (12) months of credit monitoring services
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Notified the IRS and law enforcement
Offering all affected employees one (1) year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian
Changes made: Reviewing its processes
Reminding staff regarding how to guard against phishing and other suspicious email
Enhancing its policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to our employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 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 AGApr 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/asure-software-20160407.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2016
Raw hash: 95c9fc42eb932a4da67e53ce23fb3d6c5528c21e0fef8aa1460ed49520c72fb8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityAsure Software

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2016

Stated responseProvided notice of this incident to all affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov