HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Frost & Sullivan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2023

Filed

Sep 5, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Frost & Sullivan →2 incidents on file

Frost & Sullivan, Inc. notified consumers that an unauthorized individual accessed systems containing employee personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. The incident was discovered on July 8, 2023, following a network interruption. The investigation is ongoing. The company secured its network and is offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jul 8, 2023

Discovered

Sep 5, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_e41e7f31932eb7222023-07-28 · +39dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_184a8b1f0d889d982023-09-05Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2d742979ea441e262023-09-05Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_407c587322cd89722023-09-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_e4520694f12512722023-09-05Verified

Name: Frost & Sullivan
norm: frost sullivan
Domain: frost.com

Name: Frost & Sullivan
norm: frost sullivan
Domain: frost.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 5, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Promptly took steps to assess and secure our network
Investigate the source of the attack
Implemented additional security measures as appropriate to further mitigate the recurrence of this type of event
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures as appropriate to further mitigate the recurrence of this type of event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bdayLeak >30d
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGSep 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 5 · first

Maine State AGSep 5 · first

Vermont State AGSep 5 · 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/2023-09-05-frost-sullivan-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 5, 2023
Raw hash: d25b50486d27f187c359767bf49ef9017e07ad8ee7ae4e2a988c6a4c12b42b8b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrost & Sullivan

Victim entityFrost & Sullivan

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2023

Stated responsePromptly took steps to assess and secure our network

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov