HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHighContained

American Residuals and Talent, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 18, 2014

Filed

Dec 2, 2014

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,029state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Residuals and Talent, Inc. →

American Residuals and Talent, Inc. (ART), a payroll service, detected unauthorized login from IP addresses in China on October 18, 2014. The intruders had access to the database for approximately 1 hour and 47 minutes. Personal information including names, addresses, SSNs, bank account info, and credentials of 1,029 New Hampshire residents was potentially accessed. ART contained the incident, engaged forensic experts, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Oct 18, 2014

Begins

Oct 18, 2014

Discovered

Dec 2, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_28d53cd36c9fbc942014-12-01 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_94c667c2bf56d2752014-12-01 · +1dCandidate

Name: American Residuals and Talent, Inc.
norm: american residuals and talent

Name: American Residuals and Talent, Inc.
norm: american residuals and talent
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 18, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2014 – Oct 18, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2014
Affected individuals: 1,029state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified United States Secret ServiceProvided notice to certain state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took the affected server offline
Launched an investigation
Retained Kroll, Inc., globally recognized forensic experts
Offered one (1) year of complimentary access to Experian’s ProtectMyID product
Provided access to a call center
Provided notice to certain state regulators and law enforcement
Provided notice to the United States Secret Service
Changes made: All ART account passwords were automatically reset
Hardware upgrade with intrusion protection software that allows ART to block activity from suspicious IP addresses
Increased web monitoring
Thorough review and enhancement of application security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 1 · first

California State AGDec 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-residuals-talent-20141202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2014
Raw hash: 88bdbf47fe36bf16274d4b7bbfd365ba2d2fa519c0d5ee995305ebf36f63a8b6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Residuals and Talent, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Residuals and Talent, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 18, 2014

Stated responseTook the affected server offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov