HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountBiometricMediumContained

Foster LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 30, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Foster LLP →

Foster LLP experienced unauthorized access to a single corporate email account between February 3 and February 5, 2021. The incident potentially exposed personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, and biometric data, for two New Hampshire residents and one Rhode Island resident. Foster engaged forensic investigators, changed passwords, implemented additional security controls, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Feb 3, 2021

Begins

Sep 30, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_bb2b19243f34109e2021-09-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae1acec20c7155662021-10-04 · +4dCandidate

Name: Foster + Partners
norm: foster partners
Domain: fosterandpartners.com

Name: Foster LLP
norm: foster
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 3, 2021 – Feb 5, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountBiometric
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Hired independent cybersecurity specialists
Changed the password associated with the impacted email account
Implemented additional security and access controls across its systems
Conducted a comprehensive review of the email items stored in the email account
Changes made: Implemented additional security and access controls across its systems
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 30 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 30 · 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/foster-20210930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2021
Raw hash: 21f21a6884235f7aadbba910b3d4b8db7c2083b3fa39fd0ac1c701a37962e6dd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFoster + Partners

Victim entityFoster LLP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov