HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

NS Leasing, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2020

Filed

Apr 6, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

43state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for NS Leasing, LLC →

NS Leasing, LLC notified Montana AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Oct 16-30, 2019. The intruder accessed names and SSNs. NS Leasing engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and implemented MFA. Affected individuals were offered credit monitoring. Notification sent April 6, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 107 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Oct 16, 2019

Begins

Jan 31, 2020

Discovered

Apr 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_e5ae535eb37e316c2020-04-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fe3671e430a969472020-04-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5874eda5126446462020-04-10 · +4dVerified

Name: NS Leasing, LLC
norm: ns leasing

Name: NS Leasing, LLC
norm: ns leasing
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2019 – Oct 30, 2019
Undetected for: 107 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2020
Affected individuals: 43state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with outside forensics specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the activity
Secured the email account by updating all employee passwords
Implementing multi-factor authentication for email account logins
Offering you access to ## months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian at no cost to you
Changes made: Implementing multi-factor authentication for email account logins
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGApr 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 6 · first

Montana State AGApr 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-151.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2020
Raw hash: fd78004b5589c8b1409ed0f092be78b1d4e7d31882950a6e7479650b6e7d8f61

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNS Leasing, LLC

Victim entityNS Leasing, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2020

Stated responseWorked with outside forensics specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov