HackingOtherStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

Oct 7, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. →2 incidents on file

Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., City Carting Inc. and Tunnel Hill Partners, LP notified the NH AG of a data security incident. Unauthorized access to employee email inboxes occurred between March and June 2020. The incident was discovered in June 2020. 9 NH residents were notified on September 11, 2020. Data accessed included SSNs and government IDs. Remediation involved forensic experts and system improvements.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 128 days

Mar 1, 2020

Begins

Jun 1, 2020

Discovered

Oct 7, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9 affectedView incident

Name: GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
norm: goodwin procter
Domain: goodwinlaw.com

Name: Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.
norm: wheelabrator technologies
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2020 – Jun 1, 2020
Undetected for: 92 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked to determine the nature and scope of the intrusion and ensure it was contained
Remediated the incident with the assistance of cyber forensic experts
Improved its systems to help prevent similar attacks in the future
Notified the residents and recommended actions they can take to protect themselves
Made available 12 months of identity protection services from Experian, at no cost to the individual
Changes made: Improved its systems to help prevent similar attacks in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(128 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/wheelabrator-technologies-city-carting-tunnel-hill-20201007.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2020
Raw hash: c5c5f9fe4a1ee1698d7c85b10dd711ba3ee105d80dcbfe7092fde23010f56a36

Reporting entityGOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Victim entityWheelabrator Technologies Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2020

Stated responseWorked to determine the nature and scope of the intrusion and ensure it was contained

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov