MalwareFinancial ServicesOtherFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumActive

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2020

Filed

Sep 21, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. →

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on August 22, 2020. Cybercriminals gained access to systems containing personal information of employees, agents, and their families, including names, addresses, SSNs, and bank account details. 9 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and the FBI, and is offering credit monitoring. Investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 22, 2020

Begins

Aug 22, 2020

Discovered

Sep 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19619fbf7d1943c42020-09-16 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_766e0953ceaa327c2020-09-16 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5c28b38b9a3210d42020-09-15 · +6dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_efcfa7b3c43219692020-09-15 · +6dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 77d gap

Delaware State AGbd_0e4f7cc333861c242020-12-01 · +71dVerified
Maine State AGbd_59c056781148cbf22020-12-01 · +71dVerified
California State AGbd_86c32d4710cbe0912020-12-01 · +71dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6178d3b08109a18b2020-12-07 · +77dVerified

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies
Domain: foxrothschild.com

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies
Industry: Financial ServicesllmOtherllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProvided notice to certain other state regulatorsProvided notice to consumer reporting agencies

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts and the FBI
Offering two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Providing additional information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided notice to certain other state regulators and the consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures
Engaged cybersecurity experts to implement additional safeguards and security protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGSep 15 · first

Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Delaware State AG+77d

Maine State AG+77d

California State AG+77d

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (MT), last Dec 7 (NH) — a 83-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/long-foster-20200921.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2020
Raw hash: 299eee2ab983e0d17eceebba7c3f3c85064d0aad20531ae3e7effeeb76547c74

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Victim entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts and the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov