HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Newcourse Communications

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 5, 2022

Filed

Nov 7, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

22 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Newcourse Communications →2 incidents on file

Newcourse Communications, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of unauthorized network access occurring between April 27 and May 3, 2022. The breach affected approximately 13 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, addresses, loan numbers, and Social Security Numbers. Newcourse discovered the exfiltration on October 5, 2022, and began notifying affected individuals on November 4, 2022, offering two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 161 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Apr 27, 2022

Begins

Oct 5, 2022

Discovered

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 22 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2a5cd69b05306de32022-11-04 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5fadd5173c94563f2022-10-29 · +9dVerified
Maine State AGbd_84fe1f7d14f65eaa2022-10-29 · +9dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_da8cccd6047f90ca2022-10-28 · +10dVerified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_3407f702f28d99cf2022-11-19 · +12dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a829d9b14093375b2022-10-24 · +14dVerified
Maine State AGbd_162ec875b80cff572022-10-23 · +15dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_d1dd6ed547312c252022-10-23 · +15dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_bf5ce53274f026bc2022-10-20 · +18dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b7295eea396193662022-10-18 · +20dVerified

Showing first 10 of 21 linked disclosures.

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Newcourse Communications
norm: newcourse communications
Domain: newcoursecc.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 5, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 27, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Undetected for: 161 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents complimentary two-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Providing the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Improving our endpoint security
Malware detection capability
Monitoring systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 18 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

Maine State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Maine State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+17d

New Hampshire State AG+20d · this page

Maine State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Oct 18 (MA), last Nov 19 (ME) — a 32-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 21 — the full spread may be wider.

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/newcourse-communications-20221107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2022
Raw hash: f7a7da767f7ecf2cc38a06c9b0642282d7c038065262386d2b8a6b663653661a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityNewcourse Communications

Incidentdiscovered Oct 5, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov