PhysicalConstructionConstructionTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumContained

PAR Electrical Contractors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2017

Filed

Feb 5, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

205state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PAR Electrical Contractors →2 incidents on file

PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General that a thief stole a container holding daily backup tapes on December 22, 2017. The tapes contained employment records for approximately 205 New Hampshire residents, including names, SSNs, dates of birth, payroll data, and limited health information. PAR notified law enforcement, updated backup procedures, and offered 24 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Dec 22, 2017

Begins

Dec 22, 2017

Discovered

Feb 5, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_13d2096820e4854e2018-02-05Candidate
California State AGbd_303c168b2d8568752018-02-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6d2430abf667308b2018-02-05Verified
Oregon State AGbd_e29e30079ee8108d2018-02-05Verified

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Washington State AGbd_f9aaf9f9b7963f192018-02-05Verified

Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
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Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
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Industry: Constructionllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 205state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice Attorney General

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Initiated an investigation
Mailing letters to all affected individuals
Arranged for AllClear ID to provide identity protection services including credit monitoring at no charge to all affected individuals for twenty-four months
Notified the three nationwide credit reporting agencies about this incident
Changes made: Updated its backup procedures to reduce the possibility that such an incident will occur in the future
Continues to review available sources for any indication that the backup tape data has been misused
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGFeb 5 · first

California State AGFeb 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

Oregon State AGFeb 5 · first

Washington State AGFeb 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 5 · first · this page

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/par-electrical-20180205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2018
Raw hash: 031409c2f63692db3e03a8a45988211e403ee08ca9f94ab797230097cbf5df78

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Victim entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2017

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov