HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kroll Background America, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 1, 2013

Filed

Nov 20, 2013

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Kroll Background America, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cyberattack targeting its network between June and September 2013. The incident compromised PII of 11 NH residents, including names, DOBs, addresses, and SSNs. Kroll notified law enforcement, is enhancing security policies, and is providing one year of free identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Jun 1, 2013

Begins

Sep 1, 2013

Discovered

Nov 20, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_4e8cd52ff7211abb2013-11-21 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_bb683b5e87ecdc632013-11-26 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_d1c97559aca93f132013-11-26 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2b2299354c2eeccb2013-11-27 · +7dVerified

Name: Kroll Background America, Inc.
norm: kroll background america

Name: Kroll Background America, Inc.
norm: kroll background america
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2013
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2013 – Sep 1, 2013
Undetected for: 92 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 20, 2013
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement authoritiescooperate with relevant federal law enforcement agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly notified law enforcement authorities
Took immediate steps to investigate the information that may have been accessed
Cooperate with relevant federal law enforcement agencies
Enhance our information security policies and procedures
Changes made: Enhance our information security policies and procedures in light of this incident to help minimize the risk of such incidents to personal information in the future
Arranged to provide through Kroll Advisory Services identity theft protection, at no charge, to all individuals whose social security number was compromised
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 20 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (NH), last Nov 27 (MA) — a 7-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/kroll-background-20131120.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2013
Raw hash: ddf6c90a3f2a4a9eb6b0d3ed06a513298c865ac221994cac15cf209cf84c43b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKroll Background America, Inc.

Victim entityKroll Background America, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2013

Stated responsePromptly notified law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov