Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentFinancial accountMediumContained

Information Innovators, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

Mar 3, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Information Innovators, Inc. →

Information Innovators Inc. suffered a phishing attack on February 26, 2016, resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of 2015 W-2 Forms for two New Hampshire residents. The exposed data included names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, salary information, and tax withholdings. The company notified law enforcement, implemented SPF email filtering, and offered three years of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Feb 26, 2016

Begins

Feb 26, 2016

Discovered

Mar 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_124de2c796387df22016-03-07 · +4dVerified

Name: Information Innovators Inc.
norm: information innovators
Domain: iiinfo.com

Name: Information Innovators, Inc.
norm: information innovators
Domain: iiinfo.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 26, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 3, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Notified local and federal law enforcement
Enacted the Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Implemented a filter that would enforce SPF not only for the company’s domain (iiinfo.com), but for all domains that provide SPF information
Changes made: Conducting a thorough review of its security measures, internal controls, and safeguards
Making changes to existing policies and procedures, including training and awareness programs
Offering identity protection services for a period of three years, at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/information-innovtors-20160303.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2016
Raw hash: 97ac46d8ce3601928dfd607d6737d8060fcf176446cd2f3232191f66fe1a1f7d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInformation Innovators Inc.

Victim entityInformation Innovators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov