MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Whitehall Specialties Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 5, 2020

Filed

Mar 29, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Whitehall Specialties Inc →

Whitehall Specialties, Inc. notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack discovered on Oct 5, 2020. Unauthorized access impacted PII including SSNs and driver's licenses for 1 NH resident. WSI engaged forensic specialists, reported to law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Oct 5, 2020

Discovered

Mar 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Whitehall Specialties Inc
norm: whitehall specialties
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 5, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Conducted a comprehensive internal manual review of thousands of files
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to enhance the security of its network going forward
Reviewing our existing policies and taking additional steps to enhance our data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 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/whitehall-specialties-20210329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2021
Raw hash: 4e4c93259a4950c0737825ad4e34339d179cc46ca342d2a58d9855ffdc4ca7d8

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityWhitehall Specialties Inc

Incidentdiscovered Oct 5, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov