HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Employee Screening Services of Missouri

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 23, 2019

Filed

Oct 15, 2019

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Employee Screening Services of Missouri →

Employee Screening Services of Missouri d/b/a Torno Drug Testing notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized actor gained remote access to its customer database on April 23 and May 9, 2019. The actor claimed to have downloaded information. Torno discovered the incident on April 23, 2019. Approximately one New Hampshire resident was affected, with name and Social Security number potentially exposed. Torno engaged forensic experts, changed passwords, restored data from backups, migrated to a new system, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Apr 23, 2019

Begins

Apr 23, 2019

Discovered

Oct 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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_698a18cdb498cc032019-10-09 · +6dVerified

Name: Employee Screening Services of Missouri
norm: employee screening services of missouri

Name: Employee Screening Services of Missouri
norm: employee screening services of missouri
Also named: Employee Screening Services of Missouridba oflegal entity
Torno Drug Testingdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 23, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2019 – May 9, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to other state regulators

During the incident: Immediately launched an investigation, with the aid of forensic experts
Quickly changed the passwords and privileges that provided access to the database
Restored the data from available backups
Provided notice to the entities who own the data at issue
Offered to provide notice on their behalf to the impacted individuals and appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Migrated its databases to a new system with additional security measures
Removed the databases from the prior system
Implementing additional technical safeguards to prevent similar future incidents
Offering affected individuals complimentary access to one year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (MA), last Oct 15 (NH) — a 6-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/employee-screening-services-missouri-20191015.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2019
Raw hash: 34e61fd29afae028d4e0ad49ff241cecce847de37e27d38b3489c502761cb6e3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmployee Screening Services of Missouri

Victim entityEmployee Screening Services of Missouri

Incidentdiscovered Apr 23, 2019

Stated responseImmediately launched an investigation, with the aid of forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov