HackingManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareStolen CredentialsTargetedRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2023

Filed

May 14, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. →5 incidents on file

Nissan North America, Inc. experienced a targeted cyberattack on its external VPN on November 7, 2023. A criminal threat actor shut down certain systems and demanded a ransom. The actor accessed data from local and network shares, including personal information of current and former employees (name, SSN, DOB, address). No financial information was accessed. 22 New Hampshire residents were affected. NNA contained the threat, reset passwords, implemented monitoring, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

Nov 7, 2023

Discovered

May 14, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_019206705c1b19572024-05-14Candidate
Maine State AGbd_3b0533440a89abda2024-05-14Verified
California State AGbd_a270e89ba8e110732024-05-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dbd710c9748f38262024-05-14Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_a4b8e4f0871ced962024-05-15 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_f9f622a7f03220442024-05-15 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_67cb177dddd4906d2024-05-01 · +13dVerified

Name: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
norm: nissan north america

Name: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
norm: nissan north america
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 15, 2024
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Investigated, contained, and successfully terminated the threat
Notified law enforcement of the data incident
Notified all current employees of the incident
Enterprise-wide password reset
Implementation of Carbon Black monitoring on all compatible systems
Vulnerability scans
Engaged appropriate cybersecurity experts to assist us in conducting a review of our security practices and systems
Changes made: Reviewing its security processes and procedures for additional recommended remediation and protection efforts
Made further enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Ensure that enhanced security protocols are in place going forward to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(189 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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Illinois State AGMay 1 · first

Montana State AG+13d

Maine State AG+13d

California State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Indiana State AG+14d

Vermont State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 15 (VT) — a 14-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/nissan-north-america-20240514.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 14, 2024
Raw hash: e814601d62887c274cc62b5da2dad9d4b3a81a75b86b8d2a4885abaed190f250

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Victim entityNISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2023

Stated responseInvestigated, contained, and successfully terminated the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov