HackingEducationEducationDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

National Math and Science Initiative

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 13, 2021

Filed

Feb 11, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for National Math and Science Initiative →

National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 20 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Sept 23 and Oct 18, 2021, discovered Oct 13, 2021. Data included names, addresses, and SSNs. NMSI secured the network, reset passwords, notified law enforcement, and provided fraud guidance.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Sep 23, 2021

Begins

Oct 13, 2021

Discovered

Feb 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by conti about this victim predates this filing by 113 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_a7d079ac84c8874f2021-10-21 · +113dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_109691ea26b4097e2022-02-08 · +3dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_3db1dbaf5f5f93c82022-02-08 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4182a4dc5d0f9b682022-02-07 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_a9f0bb460b4123a62022-02-07 · +4dVerified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

California State AGbd_b37c007a97ec7ad92022-02-07 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_dbb3d06883de0bf32022-02-07 · +4dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: National Math and Science Initiative
norm: national math and science initiative
Domain: nms.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2021 – Oct 18, 2021
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2022
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Moved quickly to secure the network
Began an investigation to identify what happened
Resetting relevant account passwords
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGFeb 7 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

California State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AGFeb 7 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina 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/national-math-science-initiative-20220211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2022
Raw hash: 90f39477c2fe38e931ee9dd23f55b0e8517fec5e26c52d3f79b643d30cada5d9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityNational Math and Science Initiative

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to secure the network

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov