Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingBECTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Glastonbury Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2017

Filed

Mar 10, 2017

To disclose

7 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Glastonbury Public Schools →

Glastonbury Public Schools notified the NH AG of an email spoofing attack on Feb 17, 2017, where an attacker impersonated a payroll employee to solicit 2016 W-2 forms. The district discovered the fraud on March 3, 2017. One NH resident was affected. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and wages. Response included FBI/IRS notification and 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Feb 17, 2017

Begins

Mar 3, 2017

Discovered

Mar 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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_67e5e251fef11c0f2017-03-09 · +1dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Glastonbury Public Schools
norm: glastonbury public schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2017
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified the Office of the Connecticut Attorney GeneralNotified the Glastonbury Police DepartmentProvided notice to the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the FBI
Notified the IRS
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 2 free years of credit and identity monitoring services through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to other state regulators as necessary
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 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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Massachusetts State AGMar 9 · first

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/glastonbury-20170310.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2017
Raw hash: 52f5f08a6bf63d8130858bd9c33bab9e79ee97e98a6182f3f5e7ac88039998a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityGlastonbury Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2017

Stated responseNotified the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov