HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Best Practice Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 22, 2022

Filed

Sep 26, 2022

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Best Practice Associates →

Best Practice Associates, LLC (dba Federal Advisory Partners) notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Feb 20 and Mar 28, 2022. Discovered Mar 22, 2022. One NH resident affected; data included name and SSN. FBI notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 188 days

Feb 20, 2022

Begins

Mar 22, 2022

Discovered

Sep 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_625231341b9deeae2022-09-20 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e1ab98288c8e4b022022-09-20 · +6dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Best Practice Associates
norm: best practice associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 20, 2022 – Mar 28, 2022
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventReported the event to the FBI
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of F|A|P systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian IdentityWorks
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators and the three major consumer reporting agencies
Implemented our incident response plan
Retained third party specialists to assist
Reported the event to the FBI
Reset the impacted account password
Conducted a review of its policies and procedures
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Implemented additional security measures to protect the security of information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(188 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 AGSep 20 · first

Maine State AGSep 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 20 (MA), last Sep 26 (NH) — a 6-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/best-practice-dba-federal-advisory-partners-20220926.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2022
Raw hash: 90c5ab8fc9fcb306eaf485613c1e8b008bf10d5e517486ac9db54b8a1d4b5f7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityBest Practice Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2022

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov