HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

West Publishing Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 14, 2014

Filed

Nov 3, 2014

To disclose

20 days

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for West Publishing Corporation →

West Publishing Corporation notified NH AG of a breach affecting 9 NH residents. Unauthorized users accessed Westlaw public records databases using compromised subscriber passwords on Oct 14, 2014. Data exposed included names, addresses, DOBs, and in some cases SSNs and driver's license numbers. No financial data was compromised. Westlaw reset passwords, engaged law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Oct 14, 2014

Discovered

Nov 3, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

16 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_25e2b71279f55a802014-11-07 · +4dVerified

Name: West Publishing Corporation
norm: west publishing

Name: West Publishing Corporation
norm: west publishing
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2014
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: proactively engage federal law enforcementalerted law enforcement to support our investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began identifying the scope and source of the search activity
Remove external access to full sensitive identifiers in public records results
Implement technological controls to detect and respond to searches of more limited public records that also appear unauthorized
Proactively engage federal law enforcement
Initiated a process of forcing a password reset across all public records users
Arrangements to identify and notify the affected individuals
Arranging for free credit monitoring
Changes made: Reset of all customer passwords
Arranged for you to enroll in a credit monitoring service for twenty four (24) months, at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 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 AGNov 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/west-publishing-20141103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 3, 2014
Raw hash: b391f2d53db1b1b86a1ca9154592e1e7802cf44d6d8939b88ffc5f0c65e44f66

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWest Publishing Corporation

Victim entityWest Publishing Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2014

Stated responseBegan identifying the scope and source of the search activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov