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Health & Safety Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2021

Filed

Oct 12, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Health & Safety Institute →

Health & Safety Institute notified the NH AG of a malware incident affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Aug 30–Sep 9, 2021. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, and banking info. HSI engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Aug 30, 2021

Begins

Sep 9, 2021

Discovered

Oct 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_018ad35b743754ac2021-10-05 · +7dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_8429fe3c18f18b6a2021-10-05 · +7dVerified

Name: Health & Safety Institute
norm: health safety institute

Name: Health & Safety Institute
norm: health safety institute
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 30, 2021 – Sep 9, 2021
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Worked to restore its systems
Launched an investigation with assistance from third-party computer forensic specialists
Conducted a review of the potentially impacted employee information
Provided written notice to all affected individuals
Engaged additional services and resources for these individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for 24 months through Experian
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 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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Montana State AGOct 5 · first

Indiana State AGOct 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 5 (MT), last Oct 12 (NH) — a 7-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/health-safety-institute-20211012.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2021
Raw hash: 01091fa5b7e72b88546c62c83d5fa25e9705effbac6193c98c74f297214219bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHealth & Safety Institute

Victim entityHealth & Safety Institute

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2021

Stated responseWorked to restore its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov