Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

inVentiv Health, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2016

Filed

Jul 21, 2016

To disclose

14 days

Affected

49state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for inVentiv Health, Inc. →

inVentiv Health notified NH AG of a phishing incident in June 2016 targeting an employee to steal W-2 forms. The attack was targeted. Data exposed included names, SSNs, addresses, and salary info. 49 NH residents affected. Notifications sent July 21, 2016. FBI and IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Jun 1, 2016

Begins

Jul 7, 2016

Discovered

Jul 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_52abf569691848e32016-07-21Candidate
California State AGbd_9e66be2ecd1822a82016-07-21Verified

Name: inVentiv Health, Inc.
norm: inventiv health

Name: inVentiv Health, Inc.
norm: inventiv health
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2016
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2016 – Jun 30, 2016
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2016
Affected individuals: 49state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRS and FBI of this incidentCooperating with their investigations
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Notified the IRS and FBI of this incident
Began mailing notification letters to the affected individuals
Offering affected current and former employees two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Equifax
Providing a dedicated call center that affected individuals may contact with questions regarding the incident
Changes made: Re-educating its employees with respect to phishing emails
Taken steps to enhance its existing security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 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 AGJul 21 · first

California State AGJul 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 21 · 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/inventive-health-20160721.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2016
Raw hash: 924ade909496d1da1c0288220edd2dd53c1ba3c18e809cba97fd7bb4949866ae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityinVentiv Health, Inc.

Victim entityinVentiv Health, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2016

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov