HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIMediumContained

Holstein Association USA, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 5, 2024

Filed

Jun 27, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

169state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Holstein Association USA, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Holstein Association USA, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on June 27, 2024, of a data security incident detected on May 5, 2024. An unauthorized third party accessed and exfiltrated personal information of 169 New Hampshire residents, including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and health plan data. The organization engaged law enforcement and cybersecurity experts, contained the incident, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

May 5, 2024

Discovered

Jun 18, 2024

Scope determined

Jun 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 50 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_e763c2f002828e602024-05-08 · +49dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6c56b51c3a85a97c2024-06-28 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_9defc24408fa1b8e2024-06-28 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_b48c7f6f7ca9a0902024-06-28 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fd79fe9bec1d60da2024-06-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Holstein Association USA, Inc.
norm: holstein association usa

Name: Holstein Association USA, Inc.
norm: holstein association usa
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 5, 2024
Materiality determined: Jun 18, 2024
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 169state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to investigate and contain the incident and to restore operations
Notified law enforcement
Retained leading cybersecurity experts to assist in evaluating and addressing the situation
Began a comprehensive review of the data affected to identify the individuals potentially impacted
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Updating certain software systems
Deploying use of multi-factor authentication
Conducting firewall hardening
Implementing a password reset and a strong password policy
Updating access controls to reduce the risk of a cyberattack occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 27 · first · this page

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/holstein-association-usa-20240627.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2024
Raw hash: dab9d7f6e27731513913e61b027f8af06c6e559adbee3a0ee21bc80c90fcc676

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHolstein Association USA, Inc.

Victim entityHolstein Association USA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 5, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate steps to investigate and contain the incident and to restore operations

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov