HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHICredentialsMediumContained

North American Risk Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 5, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

604state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North American Risk Services, Inc. →

North American Risk Services, Inc. (NARS) experienced unauthorized access to employee email accounts from February 7, 2018, to March 27, 2018. The incident involved the exposure of personal information for 604 California residents, including names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and medical/health insurance information. NARS engaged a third-party forensic investigator, confirmed the scope of the breach, and notified affected individuals via mail in October 2018. The company is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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Incident timeline

Feb 7, 2018

Begins

Oct 5, 2018

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_292ab78179daee912018-10-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9b7589c09a5277992018-10-05Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_88f49ea522ae2d6a2018-10-09 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_fa4de3d6a97e9dc62018-10-09 · +4dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_bd1e0ea0cb07db1a2018-08-31 · +35dCandidate

Name: North American Risk Services, Inc.
norm: north american risk

Name: North American Risk Services, Inc.
norm: north american risk
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2018 – Mar 27, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 604state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHICredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to other state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a third party forensic investigator
Reviewed the email accounts to determine if they contained any personal information
Undertook an extensive search of its internal records to locate the missing addresses
Utilized a vendor to conduct address locator services using the individuals’ Social Security numbers
Mailed notice letters to the affected individuals and businesses
Providing notice to other state regulators and the consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures
Implementing additional email security mechanisms
Implementing additional safeguards and employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AG+35d

Massachusetts State AG+35d

California State AG+35d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+39d

South Carolina State AG+39d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (MA), last Oct 9 (SC) — a 39-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-140508
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2018
Raw hash: 9694b40629b6e1ea3147a004ef4be3d5090b16e625e4b2468ed484d3ba117aea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth American Risk Services, Inc.

Victim entityNorth American Risk Services, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a third party forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov