AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Human Resource Advantage

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2014

Filed

Mar 25, 2014

To disclose

24 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Human Resource Advantage →

Human Resource Advantage reported the loss of an unencrypted thumb drive containing employee PII (SSN, DOB, bank info) in the U.S. mail. The incident was discovered on March 1, 2014. One New Hampshire resident was affected. Remediation included encrypting future mailings and providing credit monitoring via AllClear ID.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Mar 1, 2014

Discovered

Mar 25, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_aa9ecbf5c2dbfa452014-03-31 · +6dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Human Resource Advantage
norm: human resource advantage
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Retained AllClear ID to provide individuals whose information was exposed with enhanced identity theft consultation and restoration services, and continuous credit monitoring
Changed procedures so that any thumb drives or other devices sent through the mail which may contain PII are encrypted
Changes made: Reviewed privacy and security policies, including those applicable to vendors
Changed procedures so that any thumb drives or other devices sent through the mail which may contain PII are encrypted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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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New Hampshire State AGMar 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Mar 25 (NH), last Mar 31 (MA) — a 6-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/human-resource-advantage-20140325.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2014
Raw hash: 4a91426e8cd8f6bca8ab2226822f5672f35807002b25b3602e527220fa82d671

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityHuman Resource Advantage

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2014

Stated responseRetained AllClear ID to provide individuals whose information was exposed with enhanced identity theft consultation and restoration services, and continuous credit monitoring

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov