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First Financial Security

bd_be68a4e3fb13fb6a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 17, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,8421 in this filing

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Financial Security →

First Financial Security, Inc. (FFS) experienced a ransomware attack on October 17, 2023. The attack was contained and did not successfully freeze systems, but a limited amount of data was exposed. Approximately 6,842 individuals were affected, including 1 New Hampshire resident. FFS engaged IDX for identity monitoring services and notified regulators in January 2024.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Oct 17, 2023

Begins

Oct 17, 2023

Discovered

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhouse about this victim predates this filing by 95 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_07e779fa3c454dd32024-01-22Verified
California State AGbd_3cce2402d8d3ade92024-01-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_26bec3675d7747c02024-01-23 · +1dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_376c075094fa399a2024-01-23 · +1dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 11d gap

Oregon State AGbd_d5e7a15eb37ead792024-01-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e247aee4a995db932024-01-23 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_4d924f83378dd3732024-01-19 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0dc65dca43d10ba2024-01-19 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_fdcfb106d48342b82024-02-01 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc6f4463bca2e3692024-02-02 · +11dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: 6,842state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of JusticeNotified New Hampshire Insurance Department

During the incident: Conducted an investigation to understand what had taken place and how
Continue to monitor their systems for further signs of activity or compromises
Taken steps to review and enhance the security of their systems
Secured the services of IDX, A ZeroFox Company and data breach and recovery services expert, to provide call center services and to provide identity monitoring at no cost to the resident
Changes made: Taken steps to review and enhance the security of their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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California State AGJan 19 · first

Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AG+3d

California State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (CA), last Feb 2 (MA) — a 14-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 12 — 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/columbus-life-ins-co-first-financial-security-20240122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2024
Raw hash: b382caca09cce718b9762b5a27d3545af59fee2a851f0e587db50b2cb929c7ef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Financial Security

Victim entityFirst Financial Security

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2023

Stated responseConducted an investigation to understand what had taken place and how

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov