HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowActive

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 14, 2016

Filed

Jul 13, 2016

To disclose

29 days

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC. →2 incidents on file

Project Management Institute (PMI) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident involving its vendor, Comnet Marketing Group. An unauthorized user gained administrative access to Comnet's systems on April 23-24, 2016, and deleted data. PMI reported that 36 New Hampshire residents' names, addresses, and credit card information (including CVV and expiration dates) may have been impacted. PMI terminated the vendor relationship and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 52 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Apr 23, 2016

Begins

Jun 14, 2016

Discovered

Jul 13, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Part of Comnet Marketing Group supply-chain incident (2016) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_575ecd83aa0e5e112016-07-14 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_55fb98f8838384452016-07-15 · +2dVerified

Name: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC.
norm: project management institute

Name: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC.
norm: project management institute
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 14, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2016 – Apr 24, 2016
Undetected for: 52 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2016
Affected individuals: 36state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Comnet hired experts to assist in the investigation and response
Comnet referred this matter to appropriate law enforcement
PMI terminated its relationship with Comnet
PMI established a call center for customer inquiries
PMI arranged to offer one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax
Changes made: Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 13 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/project-management-institute-20160713.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 13, 2016
Raw hash: c13e335bd7f917da7c2cd463fc33e3cf74cff58041e6cd59e96df7835690c2bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC.

Victim entityPROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 14, 2016

Stated responseComnet hired experts to assist in the investigation and response

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov