Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingBECTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentMediumActive

TRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 17, 2017

Filed

Feb 10, 2017

To disclose

24 days

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for TRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC. →

TransPerfect Global, Inc. experienced a targeted email phishing attack on January 17, 2017, where an attacker spoofed a senior executive to request employee W-2 forms and payroll information. The incident affected 19 New Hampshire residents, exposing SSNs, bank account details, and wage information. TransPerfect engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and the IRS, and offered two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals. The investigation was ongoing at the time of the February 10, 2017 notification.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Jan 17, 2017

Begins

Jan 17, 2017

Discovered

Feb 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_17799514d4886c582017-02-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_e70f57d8dbadb73f2017-02-10Candidate

Name: TRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC.
norm: transperfect global

Name: TRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC.
norm: transperfect global
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 17, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 17, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 8, 2017
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmployment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported to FBIReported to local law enforcementCoordinated with IRS and state tax authoritiesNotified major consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained a third-party forensic investigator to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Provided preliminary notice to current employees via email on January 20, 2017
Began providing statutorily required written notice to all affected current and former employees on February 8, 2017
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 2 free years of credit and identity monitoring services through Experian
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to the major consumer reporting agencies and other state regulators
Reported this incident to the FBI and local law enforcement
Coordinated with the IRS and state tax authorities to monitor for tax-related fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Establish protocols for responding to email requests for sensitive information
Provide additional mandatory training to employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information
Continue and improve upon information security awareness and training programs for all employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 10 · first

Montana State AGFeb 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 10 · first · this page

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/transperfect-20170210.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 10, 2017
Raw hash: d0f8f1b5d02d154ed721f479ce0bd038141380c0e40ea755385eaa9c6574ad3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC.

Victim entityTRANSPERFECT GLOBAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2017

Stated responseRetained a third-party forensic investigator to determine the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov