Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Equian, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 17, 2017

Filed

Feb 27, 2017

To disclose

10 days

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Equian, LLC →3 incidents on file

Equian, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 15 NH residents. Unauthorized access to 2016 W-2 forms occurred on Jan 20, 2017, discovered Feb 17, 2017. Data exposed: names, addresses, SSNs. Equian reported to FBI, offered 12 months Experian identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Jan 20, 2017

Begins

Feb 17, 2017

Discovered

Feb 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

17 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_3f60c82c210c03aa2017-03-03 · +4dVerified

Name: Equian, LLC
norm: equian

Name: Equian, LLC
norm: equian
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 17, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 20, 2017
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2017
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Advised the affected employees about the incident and the steps they can take to protect themselves
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for possible criminal investigation
Assessing the security measures it has in place to minimize the chances that a similar incident will occur in the future
Offered complimentary identity theft protection services to the affected New Hampshire residents through Experian for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Implementing security enhancements as needed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/equian-20170227.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2017
Raw hash: 398372a4151c26b317089bc91696ab856497e4b464b1d14a96cf3dede105da01

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEquian, LLC

Victim entityEquian, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 17, 2017

Stated responseAdvised the affected employees about the incident and the steps they can take to protect themselves

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov