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Workers United

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 25, 2012

Filed

Nov 30, 2012

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Workers United →

Workers United notified the NH AG of a potential security incident involving the stolen hard drive of an independent contractor. The drive contained PII (names, SSNs) of approximately 6 NH residents. Theft occurred Oct 13-14, 2012; discovered Oct 25, 2012. No evidence of misuse. Notices mailed Nov 30, 2012 with identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Oct 13, 2012

Begins

Oct 25, 2012

Discovered

Nov 30, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: Workers United
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Name: Workers United
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Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 25, 2012
Breach occurred: Oct 13, 2012 – Oct 14, 2012
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 30, 2012
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Reported incident to law enforcement
Notifying affected residents via written letter
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services
Changes made: Deleting full retiree Social Security numbers if received
Instituting policy prohibiting independent contractors from taking retiree membership information from premises
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 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/workers-united-20121130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2012
Raw hash: 9cc13236f72308b5c268c91c720fbc70a0579539745b6d5fd89f4d924946638e

Reporting entityWorkers United

Victim entityWorkers United

Incidentdiscovered Oct 25, 2012

Stated responseReported incident to law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov