HackingFinanceGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

LENDUS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2021

Filed

Jan 19, 2022

To disclose

29 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LENDUS, LLC →2 incidents on file

LendUS, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between February 2 and March 22, 2021. The breach affected two New Hampshire residents, exposing names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and/or payment card numbers. LendUS discovered the incident on December 21, 2021, and began notifying affected individuals on January 19, 2022. Remediation included password resets, multi-factor authentication, and security awareness training. Affected individuals received one year of credit monitoring via Equifax.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 322 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Feb 2, 2021

Begins

Dec 21, 2021

Discovered

Jan 19, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6790273c223c0d322022-01-19Verified
California State AGbd_87db8f014dfc07b32022-01-19Verified
Washington State AGbd_9cbcb1ec41d60f622022-01-19Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_b44ce707c8fe0b562022-01-19Verified

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Montana State AGbd_b92ed46c617793be2022-01-19Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_c5ab35b163963f922022-01-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_f4cb33939803f7292022-01-19Verified

Name: LENDUS, LLC
norm: lendus

Name: LENDUS, LLC
norm: lendus

Discovered: Dec 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2021 – Mar 22, 2021
Undetected for: 322 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Began an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Reviewed the emails and attachments that could have been accessed or downloaded
Began mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents via First Class U.S. Mail
Offering each of the New Hampshire residents whose Social Security number was found in the emails and attachments a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
Established a dedicated call center that individuals may call with related questions
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures, including a universal password reset and multi-factor authentication
Providing additional email security awareness training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

California State AGJan 19 · first

Washington State AGJan 19 · first

Oregon State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 19 · 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/lendus-20220119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2022
Raw hash: 9ff3706ab7d3f659f130a0989dda2ea407445fee755e9fe3bf046f9dfb04e521

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLENDUS, LLC

Victim entityLENDUS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov