HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

New Hampshire Legal Assistance

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 9, 2024

Filed

Feb 6, 2025

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

New Hampshire Legal Assistance notified consumers that an unauthorized party accessed a single employee email account on September 9, 2024. The organization detected suspicious activity on that date and engaged cybersecurity specialists. The investigation confirmed unauthorized access to the account, which contained some consumer information. NHLA is offering complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 150 days

Sep 9, 2024

Begins

Sep 9, 2024

Discovered

Feb 6, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_45f5ec24dba34dff2025-02-06Verified

Name: New Hampshire Legal Assistance
norm: new hampshire legal assistance
Domain: nhla.org

Name: New Hampshire Legal Assistance
norm: new hampshire legal assistance
Domain: nhla.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to confirm the continued security of our information technology environment
Engaged cybersecurity specialists to investigate the nature and scope of observed activity
Reviewed the email account’s contents to determine what information it contained
Undertook efforts to locate address information to effect notice
Offering complimentary access to identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Evaluating our already robust policies and procedures to ensure their continued appropriateness under the circumstances
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(150 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 6 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 6 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-06-new-hampshire-legal-assistance-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2025
Raw hash: d9e66c06e9844bba21a0767b07d7e5ab3990a063b3f8fe750dd23eafdbd95440

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNew Hampshire Legal Assistance

Victim entityNew Hampshire Legal Assistance

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to confirm the continued security of our information technology environment

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov