MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Certified Title Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 26, 2022

Filed

Mar 23, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

10,62470 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Certified Title Corporation →

Certified Title Corporation notified 10,624 individuals (70 in NH) of a July 16, 2021 ransomware attack on third-party provider Cloudstar. The breach resulted in data exfiltration, exposing names, SSNs, and financial data. Certified Title discovered the leak on Jan 26, 2022, and sent notifications on March 23, 2022, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 194 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Jul 16, 2021

Begins

Jan 26, 2022

Discovered

Mar 23, 2022

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6599ca6b4de240ca2022-03-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8cc28492eeb26a502022-03-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_962327a77cb226be2022-03-23Candidate
Montana State AGbd_c1b65527cb514ef62022-03-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2021
Undetected for: 194 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 10,624state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Cloudstar
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Secured its environment and launched an investigation
Secured its systems and took all possible steps to secure personal information
Conducted a thorough investigation into the incident with the help of a qualified third-party specialists
Offering you services provided by Cyberscout
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score/Cyber Monitoring* services at no charge for twelve months
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and security measures to enhance the privacy and security of information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMar 22 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/certified-title-20220323.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2022
Raw hash: 4b0d345cf74056e721e9cab72b08b73f573df02e4286984b20a27846d7de2ac6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertified Title Corporation

Victim entityCertified Title Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2022

Stated responseSecured its environment and launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov