Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2016

Filed

Mar 7, 2016

To disclose

11 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC. →

Applied Systems, Inc. notified NH AG of a phishing incident where an employee sent W-2 data (SSN, wages, taxes) to an external party on Feb 19, 2016. Discovered Feb 25. One NH resident affected. Access suspended, investigation launched, and 2 years credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Feb 19, 2016

Begins

Feb 25, 2016

Discovered

Mar 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5990fd26544cd9602016-03-07Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b5683a42d99b2fea2016-03-14 · +7dVerified

Name: APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC.
norm: applied systems

Name: APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC.
norm: applied systems
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2016
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 7, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Employee's access to confidential information and all company systems was immediately suspended
Began investigating whether any additional information was transmitted
Removed the employee responsible for the errant disclosure from access to such information
Investigated security measures to mitigate the likelihood of any future disclosures
Additional focus on security awareness and training
Changes made: Additional focus on security awareness and training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 7 (MT), last Mar 14 (MA) — a 7-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/applied-systems-20160307.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 7, 2016
Raw hash: 0584981d1eae2cac8c10cdf876150654ab5b309f3c320fdfa961e5b5140f1f26

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAPPLIED SYSTEMS, INC.

Victim entityAPPLIED SYSTEMS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2016

Stated responseEmployee's access to confidential information and all company systems was immediately suspended

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov