HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

The Metropolitan Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 21, 2014

Filed

Jun 18, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Metropolitan Companies, Inc. →

The Metropolitan Companies, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General on June 18, 2014, of a security incident discovered on April 21, 2014, where an unauthorized third party accessed systems and potentially removed documents. 11 NH residents were affected, with PII including SSNs and financial data exposed. The company engaged forensic experts and provided 1 year of Kroll identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Apr 21, 2014

Discovered

Jun 18, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a9ad642dd08fdfe72014-06-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_bc9a8a2aa7e561602014-06-23 · +5dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: The Metropolitan Companies, Inc.
norm: the metropolitan companies
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 13, 2014
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified NH Attorney General

During the incident: Removed all access to the systems
Engaged outside data forensics experts to conduct an extensive investigation
Cut off access to the impacted computer systems
Hired independent computer forensic experts to investigate
Hired a data recovery company to perform a labor intensive review of each document and extract any PII
Contracted with identity theft protection experts Kroll to provide identity theft protection at no cost to individuals for one year
Changes made: Increased firewall protections
Enhanced threat detection and monitoring capabilities
Improved other data security measures to include encryption of all HR and financial data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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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California State AGJun 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jun 18 (CA), last Jun 23 (MA) — a 5-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/metropolitan-companies-20140618.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2014
Raw hash: 0566c0b1cb7c815ff071ca3a77a259125d7ad603b532f194b3368273ff479d9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityThe Metropolitan Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2014

Stated responseRemoved all access to the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov