HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

MDF Instruments

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 7, 2016

Filed

Feb 3, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

51state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MDF Instruments →

MDF Instruments notified the NH AG of a data security event affecting 51 NH residents. Malware on mdfinstruments.com captured credit card data (name, address, card number, CVV) between July 2, 2016 and Dec 14, 2016. Incident discovered Dec 7, 2016. Notices mailed Feb 3, 2017. Remediation included forensic investigation and 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 158 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jul 2, 2016

Begins

Dec 7, 2016

Discovered

Feb 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

10 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_d36d834a794944612017-02-03Verified

Name: MDF Instruments
norm: mdf instruments
Domain: mdfinstruments.com

Name: MDF Instruments
norm: mdf instruments
Domain: mdfinstruments.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 7, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 2, 2016 – Dec 14, 2016
Undetected for: 158 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2017
Affected individuals: 51state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying other state regulators as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contracted with a third-party forensics investigator
Provided all affected individuals with information to protect against identity theft and fraud
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud resolution services from CSID at no cost
Changes made: Work with third-party forensic investigator to ensure security of systems and protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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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Massachusetts State AGFeb 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 3 · 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/mdf-instruments-20170203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 3, 2017
Raw hash: a5897bc13b415e2c4c55aa87f10c8006ad0c6798fa1519a696bb59f5aa65bfe7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMDF Instruments

Victim entityMDF Instruments

Incidentdiscovered Dec 7, 2016

Stated responseContracted with a third-party forensics investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov