HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2014

Filed

Apr 11, 2014

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

371state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES →

VFW notified NH AG of unauthorized access to member servers on March 4, 2014, exposing names, addresses, and SSNs for 371 NH residents. Notices mailed April 4, 2014. VFW removed malicious code, terminated access, and engaged forensic analysts and identity theft services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Mar 4, 2014

Discovered

Apr 11, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_edcdc41ae2ddcd932014-04-11Candidate

Name: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
norm: veterans of foreign wars of the united states

Name: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
norm: veterans of foreign wars of the united states
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2014
Affected individuals: 371state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: in communication with other regulatory agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed the malicious code from its servers
Terminated the hacker's access
Contracted with IT security professionals to analyze the breach
Contracted with AllClear ID to provide identity theft services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 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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California State AGApr 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 11 · first · this page

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/veterans-foreign-wars-20140411.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2014
Raw hash: f77b364fbea47b50796d55c278b608512c49eb3cc312b5a5cbee1a9dd02f43f2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

Victim entityVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2014

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code from its servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov