HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Belmont Instrument, LLC

bd_c0540fd76143590b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2018

Filed

Nov 30, 2018

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Confidence

67%

Belmont Instrument LLC reported unauthorized access to employee email accounts on August 28, 2018. An unidentified user accessed emails containing PII (names, SSNs) and financial data (payment card info) of 18 New Hampshire residents. Belmont implemented MFA, upgraded firewalls/VPN, and provided 2 years of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Aug 28, 2018

Discovered

Nov 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18 affectedView incident

Name: Belmont Instrument, LLC
norm: belmont instrument
Domain: catalog.belmont.edu

Name: Belmont Instrument, LLC
norm: belmont instrument
Domain: catalog.belmont.edu
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 30, 2018
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with its IT services provider to confirm the issue and scope of impact
Conducted an internal investigation
Implemented strong password policies and two-factor authentication for email
Upgraded the corporate firewall and VPN client
Provided continuous security awareness testing and training
Implemented the cybersecurity software Mimecast for email security and threat protection
Arranged for Experian to provide the potentially impacted individuals with two years of complimentary IdentityWorks identity protection services
Changes made: Implementing strong password policies and two-factor authentication for email
Upgrading the corporate firewall and VPN client
Providing continuous security awareness testing and training
Implementing the cybersecurity software Mimecast for email security and threat protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/belmont-instrument-20181205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2018
Raw hash: 779ed9ca2ed83e5e0ae3babb771a7e72ee108e43a9caca0ec3559592010b8c6d

Reporting entityBelmont Instrument, LLC

Victim entityBelmont Instrument, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2018

Stated responseWorked with its IT services provider to confirm the issue and scope of impact

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov