Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

TRISTAR Insurance Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 10, 2022

Filed

Mar 18, 2024

To disclose

16 months

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TRISTAR Insurance Group →

TRISTAR Insurance Group notified New Hampshire residents of a security incident where unauthorized access to email and systems occurred between Nov 4-9, 2022, following suspicious activity detected on Nov 10, 2022. The breach exposed personal information including SSNs and financial data. TRISTAR engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 494 days

Nov 4, 2022

Begins

Nov 10, 2022

Discovered

Nov 1, 2023

Scope determined

Mar 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+62 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_356d9341bc65e07b2024-02-02 · +45dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_1aa431b33b6356462024-02-01 · +46dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1e38d13088c3be462024-02-01 · +46dVerified
California State AGbd_a90284032b05fe162024-02-01 · +46dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 98d gap

Indiana State AGbd_d4f88d85def796802024-02-01 · +46dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e4c57a2c71196cb52024-02-01 · +46dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c6053076ac9ab7e12024-01-19 · +59dVerified
California State AGbd_38cc11377e6d2c0f2023-12-11 · +98dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5d21d30a5cca754a2023-12-11 · +98dVerified

Name: TRISTAR Insurance Group
norm: tristar insurance
Domain: tristargroup.net

Name: TRISTAR Insurance Group
norm: tristar insurance
Domain: tristargroup.net
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2022 – Nov 9, 2022
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Nov 1, 2023
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventproviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Re-secured the environment
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating and assisting in their investigation
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Epiq
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Reviewed policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(494 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 8 states

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California State AGDec 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

Montana State AG+39d

Illinois State AG+52d

Maine State AG+52d

California State AG+52d

Indiana State AG+52d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

South Carolina State AG+53d

New Hampshire State AG+98d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (CA), last Mar 18 (NH) — a 98-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/tristar-insurance-group-20240318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2024
Raw hash: ba307869fd7333cd74a343a6b9cfb59b9bf5c4a4aecf0a19795d8ed558ec9f50

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Victim entityTRISTAR Insurance Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov