HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Korn/Ferry International

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2012

Filed

Oct 11, 2012

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

29state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Korn/Ferry International →2 incidents on file

Korn/Ferry International notified the NH Attorney General of a sophisticated cyber attack discovered in August 2012. The incident impacted approximately 29 NH residents, exposing names, driver's license numbers, SSNs, credit card numbers, and health information. Korn/Ferry secured the network, worked with law enforcement, and offered one year of Experian identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Aug 1, 2012

Discovered

Oct 11, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_34cfe9d87b8b11722012-10-11Candidate

Name: Korn/Ferry International
norm: korn ferry

Name: Korn/Ferry International
norm: korn ferry
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 12, 2012
Affected individuals: 29state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Korn/Ferry was asked by federal law enforcement officials, however, to delay disclosure of the existence of the attack until now
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Korn/Ferry quickly secured its network against the attack
Working with law enforcement in connection with their investigation of the incident
Offering you a one year enrollment in Experian Consumer Direct’s “Protect My ID Alert®” service
Changes made: Taken a number of steps to enhance the security of the relevant computer network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGOct 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 11 · 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/korn-ferry-20121011.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 11, 2012
Raw hash: e2f91d90c25e0541a6b03f349b57da9c977c8d9330270a4ccc31f183455db665

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKorn/Ferry International

Victim entityKorn/Ferry International

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2012

Stated responseKorn/Ferry quickly secured its network against the attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov