Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesHealthcareProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 10, 2019

Filed

Oct 30, 2019

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc. →

Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident discovered July 10, 2019, affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized access to an employee email account potentially exposed PII (SSN, DOB) and PHI. Remediation included MFA implementation and forensic investigation. Kroll provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Jul 10, 2019

Discovered

Oct 30, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_091c51ef4ab2c6b52019-10-21 · +9dVerified
Montana State AGbd_148c92a9139802492019-10-21 · +9dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_a85666fe0262146f2019-10-14 · +16dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Hamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc.
norm: hamlin burton liability management
Industry: Professional ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 10, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 21, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notice was provided to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights on October 14, 2019
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the employee's email credentials
Retained an independent computer forensic company to determine what information may have been accessed
Provided potentially impacted individuals with identify theft protection and credit monitoring services for a period of twelve (12) months, at its own expense, through Kroll
Notice was provided to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights on October 14, 2019
Changes made: Implementing dual-factor authentication
Changing passwords for company services
Strengthening the security of its email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCROct 14 · first

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+16d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 14 (FL), last Oct 30 (NH) — a 16-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/hamlin-burton-liability-20191030.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 30, 2019
Raw hash: 0ce1506e84ef6f685aa08b1b197ffa6f166629fe71190c0f3e9cd3b6afec2431

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityHamlin & Burton Liability Management, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 10, 2019

Stated responseChanged the employee's email credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov