Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

HPM Insurance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

Sep 9, 2024

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for HPM Insurance →

HPM Insurance notified Vermont consumers of a data security incident detected on October 27, 2023, involving unauthorized access to an email environment. HPM engaged forensic investigators, secured systems, reset credentials, and offered free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. Notices were sent on September 9, 2024.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday45 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

discovery → filing · 45 weeks / 318 days

Oct 27, 2023

Discovered

Sep 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0c7eb2d9452d61382024-09-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_a0b56fe5de96e63f2024-09-09Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_9c0fdafcb46596992024-09-16 · +7dVerified

Name: HPM Insurance
norm: hpm insurance

Name: HPM Insurance
norm: hpm insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Secured the email environment
Changed all user credentials
Enhanced the security measures
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout
Changes made: Changed all user credentials
Enhanced the security measures
Regularly assess, and implement new infrastructure, software, and operations
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(318 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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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Massachusetts State AGSep 9 · first

Maine State AGSep 9 · first

Vermont State AGSep 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Sep 9 (MA), last Sep 16 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-09-hpm-insurance-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2024
Raw hash: fad75d96379ef33834cf6daa5f1d2ce8844e0e363957dbe567da82598592b150

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHPM Insurance

Victim entityHPM Insurance

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov