HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

USG Insurance Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2020

Filed

Nov 30, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for USG Insurance Services →

USG Insurance Services, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident discovered on October 27, 2020. An unauthorized user gained access to a server storing employee PII, potentially affecting 5 NH residents. Data accessed included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial info. USG engaged forensic investigators, implemented Carbon Black security measures, reset passwords, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Oct 27, 2020

Discovered

Nov 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5c3a163b349c79e02020-12-01 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6624db252d4535fc2020-11-25 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_c699e62471ee17122020-11-25 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_40a33d471bf9ea362021-04-01 · +122dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_d741dc55331a75d52021-04-01 · +122dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e49e82289e568d9f2021-04-12 · +133dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: USG Insurance Services
norm: usg insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a third party professional cybersecurity forensics team to investigate the incident
Implemented tenant wide password changes
Updating and installing enhanced security measures such as Carbon Black
Provided the affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services for a period of twelve (12) months
Changes made: Updating and installing enhanced security measures such as Carbon Black
Implementing tenant wide password changes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGNov 25 · first

Indiana State AGNov 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

California State AG+127d

Montana State AG+127d

New Hampshire State AG+138d

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (ME), last Apr 12 (NH) — a 138-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/usg-insurance-services-20201130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2020
Raw hash: dc60f8a1b90edf529efd2830b1e8c05fd95cf46927903607309d209af4770127

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityUSG Insurance Services

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a third party professional cybersecurity forensics team to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov