AccidentalFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceMisconfigurationDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

LendKey Technologies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2017

Filed

Feb 15, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

23state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LendKey Technologies, Inc. →

LendKey Technologies, Inc. notified the New Hampshire AG that consumer loan application data (names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses) on one server was accessible to the internet since June 27, 2016. Discovered Dec 21, 2017. 23 NH residents affected. LendKey secured the server, engaged forensic counsel, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 542 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Jun 27, 2016

Begins

Dec 21, 2017

Discovered

Feb 15, 2018

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_07f85952313fabc32018-02-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_0a3a3838c6a2416b2018-02-15Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: LendKey Technologies, Inc.
norm: lendkey technologies
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2016
Undetected for: 542 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2018
Affected individuals: 23state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Promptly changed the server settings to secure the involved data
Retained the services of a computer security firm to assist in determining the full nature and scope of the incident
Reported the incident to its client credit unions and community banks
Providing impacted individuals access to 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Established a dedicated toll-free number for individuals to contact with questions or concerns regarding this incident
Providing notice of this incident to consumer reporting agencies and state Attorneys General as required
Changes made: Promptly repaired the affected server
Launched an internal investigation
Retained the services of a computer security firm to assist in determining what happened
Immediately took steps to terminate any unauthorized access
Determined how this event occurred
Confirmed what personal data may have been at risk as a result of this incident
Working to ensure the security of their systems and to prevent something like this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 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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Montana State AGFeb 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 15 · 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/lendkey-20180215.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2018
Raw hash: e3756e6736ea176c33dc6d152bfc2453fd653541e6bb47760977853daf5b33fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityLendKey Technologies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2017

Stated responsePromptly changed the server settings to secure the involved data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov