Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Garretson Resolution Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2018

Filed

Aug 31, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Garretson Resolution Group, Inc. →

Garretson Resolution Group, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 1 NH resident. Attackers accessed email accounts between April 4 and May 4, 2018, exposing names, SSNs, DOBs, and addresses. GRG engaged forensic firms, secured accounts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 96 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Apr 4, 2018

Begins

Jul 9, 2018

Discovered

Aug 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_67e4a21a0f62f7bc2018-08-30 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_dcb7aced5f62fb3f2018-08-30 · +1dVerified

Name: Garretson Resolution Group, Inc.
norm: garretson resolution

Name: Garretson Resolution Group, Inc.
norm: garretson resolution
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 9, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 4, 2018 – May 4, 2018
Undetected for: 96 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 30, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged leading cyber security firms to assist with the investigation
Secured potentially affected employee e-mail accounts
Purged attackers from GRG's email environment
Changes made: Enhancing existing network security measures
Providing continued training to employees on the dangers of phishing e-mails
Offering complimentary one-year membership of Experian's IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 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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Montana State AGAug 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 30 · 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/garrettson-resolution-20180831.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2018
Raw hash: e2fd94c40083b388800055f8eec55a07a553502aa8d9e4b20d3b9f18b5a08bd2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGarretson Resolution Group, Inc.

Victim entityGarretson Resolution Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 9, 2018

Stated responseEngaged leading cyber security firms to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov