HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Technology Business Research, Inc.

bd_f34a07f3be83f4a5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 27, 2022

Filed

Mar 18, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

189state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Technology Business Research, Inc. →

Technology Business Research, Inc. (TBR) notified the New Hampshire AG of a data security event affecting 189 NH residents. TBR identified unusual system activity on Jan 27, 2022, leading to the determination on Feb 14, 2022 that employee/former employee names and SSNs were potentially accessed. TBR secured systems, engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jan 27, 2022

Discovered

Mar 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_deaa265dac100d832022-03-15 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9b940a767ed8479c2022-03-14 · +4dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Technology Business Research, Inc.
norm: technology business research
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 27, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2022
Affected individuals: 189state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified relevant regulatory authorities

During the incident: Disconnected the impacted servers
Secured its network
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer specialists
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement
Notifying relevant regulatory authorities
Providing credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months to New Hampshire residents whose personal information was potentially affected by this event at no cost to these individuals
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in its systems in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGMar 14 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/technology-business-research-20220318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2022
Raw hash: 7e9ddbbd7eef6b6517634efad335c88247d6835e42f031aca02bd483903a5b0e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityTechnology Business Research, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 27, 2022

Stated responseDisconnected the impacted servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov