MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

Directions for Living

bd_e9374bc9db8dd7e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 17, 2021

Filed

Sep 23, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Directions for Living →

Directions for Living (DFL) filed a supplemental security breach notification with the New Hampshire Attorney General on September 17, 2021. DFL confirmed one additional impacted NH resident, bringing the total to 2. The incident involved ransomware discovered on July 17, 2021, exposing employee SSNs. DFL engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, and is providing credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Jul 17, 2021

Discovered

Sep 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7fa336dda2ccc4482021-09-17 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_72333004234abf782021-09-15 · +8dVerified
HHS OCRbd_83227432e7998d442021-09-15 · +8dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_a5ee52f56931bdb02021-09-15 · +8dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_c1cf3863943d216f2021-09-15 · +8dVerified

Name: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
norm: whiteford taylor preston
Domain: whitefordlaw.com

Name: Directions for Living
norm: directions for living
Domain: directionsforliving.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Engaged outside legal counsel
Engaged third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Changes made: Implementing additional cybersecurity safeguards
Enhancing cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Enhancing employee cybersecurity training
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 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 · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 15 · first

HHS OCRSep 15 · first

Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Maine State AGSep 15 · first

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (MA), last Sep 23 (NH) — a 8-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/directions-living-20210923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2021
Raw hash: c79fe97c46c753d6eb2f52effaefa006ca75d3256f128472fa1bf25108800dad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

Victim entityDirections for Living

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2021

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov