AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 19, 2014

Filed

Jul 29, 2014

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,267state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

The Northern Trust Company notified Hawaii regulators of an unauthorized access to personal information involving 1,267 Hawaii residents. On May 17, 2014, an employee inadvertently transmitted a file containing participant names, SSNs, and financial account data to an unauthorized third-party record-keeping company. The error was discovered on May 19, 2014. Northern Trust offered one year of free credit monitoring and notified affected individuals.

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Hawaii clock✓ HI CRA notice due10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

May 17, 2014

Begins

May 19, 2014

Discovered

Jul 29, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_407a90165513a0352014-07-29Verified
California State AGbd_4f0629a67536f2f22014-07-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_d5802de4a6e0f1082014-07-29Verified

Name: NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION
norm: northern trust
Domain: northerntrust.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION
norm: northern trust
Domain: northerntrust.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 19, 2014
Breach occurred: May 17, 2014
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2014
Affected individuals: 1,267state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Office of Consumer Protection
Third party: via Record-keeping company
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Began investigating how this incident occurred and whether the affected individuals were at risk of harm
Offering one year of free credit monitoring to the individuals whose information was included in the file
Provided a call center to answer questions and assist those that wish to enroll in credit monitoring
Notified all three credit reporting agencies
Provided formal notice to affected participants
Changes made: Reviewing policies and procedures to ensure that a similar incident does not occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HI CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 29 · first

California State AGJul 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 29 · first

Hawaii State AGJul 29 · 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://web.archive.org/web/20211024101019id_/https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/files/2015/12/OCP-2014-0767.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2014
Raw hash: 491e24b667ae4763fe4a1a5c20a07f040f223f188ff3ff42fa93897a5ab65fb7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

Victim entityNORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2014

Stated responseBegan investigating how this incident occurred and whether the affected individuals were at risk of harm

ComplianceHI CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceweb.archive.org