MalwareProfessional ServicesTechnologyProfessional ServicesRansomwareStolen CredentialsPLAYData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedMulti-Stage ChainDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

bd_e85afb7e6afd9ee7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 10, 2023

Filed

Nov 14, 2023

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. →

Hill International, Inc. notified the New Hampshire AG of a ransomware incident by actor PLAY. Unauthorized access occurred March 23–June 10, 2023; discovered June 10, 2023. 12 NH residents affected. Data included PII. Remediation included MDR, VPN hardening, USB blocking, and password resets. Kroll credit monitoring offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 79 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Mar 23, 2023

Begins

Jun 10, 2023

Discovered

Nov 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 145 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_b510a483252a5f3c2023-06-22 · +145dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c438f28060b217792023-11-13 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_d25d70b2726294012023-11-09 · +5dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_2fabb89012d8d0ca2023-11-04 · +10dVerified

Name: HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
norm: hill international
Domain: hillintl.com

Name: HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
norm: hill international
Domain: hillintl.com
Industry: Professional ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2023 – Jun 10, 2023
Undetected for: 79 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2023
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware· PLAY
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: PLAYExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched its incident response procedure
Engaged external experts to identify the cause of the incident
Notified the FBI
Engaged external third-party experts and breach legal counsel
Engaged an expert data analytics firm to perform a detailed data mining exercise
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Deployment of early detection and response agents on all endpoints (laptops and servers)
Engaging a new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) vendor
Increasing authentication thresholds to log into the Virtual Privacy Network (VPN)
Instituting a global technical policy blocking USB ports without prior approval of the Director, Global Technical Services
Stale laptops that have not connected to the Hill domain within 90 days are frozen until unlocked by IT
Security removed the ability of admin accounts to access the VPN and all VPN traffic is logged
A global password reset was executed for all users
Local Admin Accounts were reset and all end users who may have Local Admin accounts were assessed for need and role by IT
Engaged a provider to monitor the dark and deep web for any indication that exfiltrated data was published or made available for sale or trade
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGNov 4 · first

California State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 4 (VT), last Nov 14 (NH) — a 10-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/hill-international-20231114.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2023
Raw hash: 8f77b756e177be9645be87f07aad75fc5a4910306b6aef1e66f9cc96e43fff53

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Victim entityHILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2023

Stated responseLaunched its incident response procedure

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov