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Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowResolved

QBE North America

bd_9685d3b43da78ee3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2017

Filed

Sep 13, 2017

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for QBE North America5 incidents on file

QBE North America filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a phishing incident that occurred on May 31, 2017. The attack targeted employee email accounts, leading to unauthorized access. The filing identifies a total of two New Hampshire residents impacted. The first was notified in July 2017; the second was notified on September 7, 2017. The investigation was completed on September 12, 2017.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 105 days

May 31, 2017

Begins

May 31, 2017

Discovered

Sep 13, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AG+72d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 3 (NH), last Sep 13 (NH) — a 72-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.