HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Ascensus Specialties

bd_aa971c940cf6b3aa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 11, 2023

Filed

Mar 28, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ascensus Specialties →

Ascensus Specialties, LLC notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to its Newburyport network. The incident occurred between Dec 5-11, 2022, and was discovered on Jan 11, 2023. Files containing names and other personal data were accessed. Ascensus engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, notified federal law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Dec 5, 2022

Begins

Jan 11, 2023

Discovered

Mar 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e7f5b99bfea5ff82023-03-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_eb7a9d6abf29828b2023-03-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_f0bed7f7d0d5e6542023-03-28Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_46d6bdcc520e1f642023-04-03 · +6dVerified

Name: Ascensus Specialties
norm: ascensus specialties
Domain: ascensusspecialties.com

Name: Ascensus Specialties
norm: ascensus specialties
Domain: ascensusspecialties.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2022 – Dec 11, 2022
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the activity with the assistance of third-party cyber security experts
Performed a review of the contents of the files and folders
Worked diligently to locate address information for the affected individuals
Correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Changes made: Evaluate additional security measures to further secure our systems and to better prevent similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 28 · first

Indiana State AGMar 28 · first

Maine State AGMar 28 · first

Vermont State AGMar 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 28 (MA), last Apr 3 (NH) — a 6-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-03-28-ascensus-specialties-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 28, 2023
Raw hash: f631decb524cf2aed2870477987a505ad93e54996cd1d764e9a03807d0f21f6e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAscensus Specialties

Victim entityAscensus Specialties

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the activity with the assistance of third-party cyber security experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov