PhysicalTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentEducationMediumContained

Database Designs Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 17, 2012

Filed

Aug 28, 2012

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

71state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Database Designs Associates, Inc. →

Database Designs Associates, Inc., a software development firm, reported the theft of a contractor's laptop containing unencrypted personal information for clients Health Care for All and Boston Teachers Union. The theft occurred on July 17, 2012, in New York. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, and limited health/employment info. 71 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company triggered a remote self-destruct mechanism and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Jul 17, 2012

Begins

Jul 17, 2012

Discovered

Aug 28, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f319b2b9c58be49f2012-09-04 · +7dVerified

Name: Database Designs Associates, Inc.
norm: database designs associates

Name: Database Designs Associates, Inc.
norm: database designs associates
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2012
Breach occurred: Jul 17, 2012
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 71state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentEducation
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified NH Attorney General
Third party: via Database Designs Associates, Inc.

During the incident: Logged into a remote service tied to the data folder on the laptop to trigger self-destruct mechanism
Arranged for impacted population to receive identity protection from AllClear ID at no cost
Notified law enforcement
Provided notification to Consumer Reporting Agencies
Changes made: All employees and contractors signed a new Written Information Security Plan confirming no unencrypted PII is stored on laptops or mobile devices
Ensured archival copies of data are physically secured off-site and/or encrypted
Retraining employees and contractors on the handling of sensitive data
Regularly auditing each employee and contractor’s security profile on their mobile devices
Reviewing and enhancing security protocols with third party vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 AGAug 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (NH), last Sep 4 (MA) — 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/database-designs-20120828.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2012
Raw hash: 842b8ba2ca06a1f86ea8c703d15970156b155014f5252a24b9f44495ca556781

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDatabase Designs Associates, Inc.

Victim entityDatabase Designs Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2012

Stated responseLogged into a remote service tied to the data folder on the laptop to trigger self-destruct mechanism

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov