AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

FORTES interactive

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 30, 2012

Filed

Mar 14, 2012

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FORTES interactive →

Forte Interactive, Inc. notified the NH AG that on Jan 30, 2012, it discovered names and SSNs of individuals were publicly accessible via the internet from Dec 7, 2011 to Feb 3, 2012 due to an inadvertent copy during a system upgrade. One NH resident affected. Forte implemented security measures, investigated, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 54 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Dec 7, 2011

Begins

Jan 30, 2012

Discovered

Mar 14, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Baker & Hostetler LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: FORTES interactive
norm: fortes interactive
Domain: fortesinteractive.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 30, 2012
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2011 – Feb 3, 2012
Undetected for: 54 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2012
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection

During the incident: Implemented security measures to restore the privacy and confidentiality of the information and remove the information from public access
Began a thorough investigation to determine the information that may have been accessible by the public
Notifying all affected individuals of the incident
Arranged for them to enroll, at no cost to the affected individual, in FraudStopTM Basic Edition protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Changing internal policies and procedures related to the security of client information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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/forte-interactive-20120314.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2012
Raw hash: 2a389aa93484dc06111d72432e94b914baa871b666dee7d1cbec95011bff62e2

Reporting entityBaker & Hostetler LLP

Victim entityFORTES interactive

Incidentdiscovered Jan 30, 2012

Stated responseImplemented security measures to restore the privacy and confidentiality of the information and remove the information from public access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov