AccidentalConstructionConstructionMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Suffolk Construction Co., Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 11, 2020

Filed

Sep 21, 2020

To disclose

10 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. →

Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. disclosed that on September 11, 2020, an employee mistakenly sent an email with an attachment containing names and Social Security numbers of subcontractor employees to internal staff, subcontractors, and the Massachusetts Port Authority. The company confirmed the email was deleted and offered two years of identity protection via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

Sep 11, 2020

Begins

Sep 11, 2020

Discovered

Sep 21, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_44cbfd286bb147602020-09-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Suffolk Construction Co., Inc.
norm: suffolk construction

Name: Suffolk Construction Co., Inc.
norm: suffolk construction
Industry: Constructionllm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Took steps to confirm that the e-mail and attachment were permanently deleted, and not retained or further disclosed by any of the recipients
Offering two years of identity protection services at no cost to you through Experian
Changes made: Taken appropriate steps to enhance the security for your personal information and to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/suffolk-construction-20200921.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2020
Raw hash: c140053ba5a37f22b60270c36b5d2a8f1cf023aaed7f2850c4e5376fe1dea071

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySuffolk Construction Co., Inc.

Victim entitySuffolk Construction Co., Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to confirm that the e-mail and attachment were permanently deleted, and not retained or further disclosed by any of the recipients

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov