MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareContData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumActive

Life Quotes, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 20, 2020

Filed

Dec 31, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

146state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Life Quotes, Inc. →

Life Quotes, Inc. notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered on Oct 20, 2020. Attackers encrypted Windows systems using the 'Conti' variant. Systems were restored from backups. Threat actors later claimed to have exfiltrated data and demanded ransom. 146 NH residents were affected, with data including PII, SSN, financial, and health info. Notifications sent Dec 31, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Oct 19, 2020

Begins

Oct 20, 2020

Discovered

Dec 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGContibd_156b2f673162e0c22020-12-31Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_2e6b69878d47b6292020-12-31Verified
California State AGbd_364293abc8062c8b2020-12-31Verified
Montana State AGbd_37fd5e6cd2e63db42020-12-31Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Indiana State AGbd_b0583ff712a899182020-12-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_e9e849a7d785f0ce2020-12-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_18b349f88396eb8b2021-01-26 · +26dVerified
Maine State AGbd_27b6ce805e89cdab2021-02-05 · +36dVerified
California State AGbd_63d23347e48f7bd82021-02-05 · +36dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Life Quotes, Inc.
norm: life quotes
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2020 – Oct 20, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 146state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice Consumer Protection BureauReported the incident to the Darien police department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained a cybersecurity and digital forensics firm and incident response counsel
Established communications with the threat actor
Restored systems from cloud-based backup files
Reported the incident to the Darien police department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Notified affected individuals via USPS First Class Mail
Offered complimentary identity monitoring services
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGDec 31 · first

Oregon State AGDec 31 · first

California State AGDec 31 · first

Montana State AGDec 31 · first

Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

Maine State AGDec 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 31 · first · this page

Maine State AG+26d

Maine State AG+36d

California State AG+36d

Pattern: first filing Dec 31 (WA), last Feb 5 (CA) — a 36-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/life-quotes-20201231.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2020
Raw hash: 2577d9adfbd1e72621a126aeb1807df646aa1b84c07d7cda636f619ddef0c100

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityLife Quotes, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 20, 2020

Stated responseRetained a cybersecurity and digital forensics firm and incident response counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov