HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsPhishingTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Stroudwater Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2020

Filed

Apr 12, 2021

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Stroudwater Associates, Inc. →

Stroudwater Associates, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event in Oct 2020 involving suspicious activity on an employee email account. Personal info (name, address, SSN) of 2 NH residents was present in the account. The company engaged forensic investigators, offered 1 year of credit monitoring via TransUnion, and implemented additional safeguards.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 193 days

Oct 1, 2020

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3fd266283bc23b082021-04-07 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eb67f13fea2ae76a2021-04-07 · +5dCandidate

Name: Stroudwater Associates, Inc.
norm: stroudwater associates

Name: Stroudwater Associates, Inc.
norm: stroudwater associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Working with a third-party forensic investigation firm
Completed a programmatic and manual review
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(193 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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Massachusetts State AGApr 7 · first

Maine State AGApr 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (MA), last Apr 12 (NH) — a 5-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/stroudwater-20210412.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2021
Raw hash: 35ec4ebbd5d06ba88a18767b085c18d9f294b4db7ba23195787b71325f37e22c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStroudwater Associates, Inc.

Victim entityStroudwater Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov