HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PolkBeder LLC

bd_0d98c1ad1d3f0edc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2017

Filed

May 8, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for PolkBeder LLC →

PolkBeder LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a security breach involving unauthorized access to its network, discovered on March 28, 2017, after the Ohio Dept of Taxation flagged suspicious tax returns filed using client info. Two NH residents affected. PolkBeder engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Mar 28, 2017

Discovered

May 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_475dd42edbb51efa2017-05-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_192ade4b298300272017-05-15 · +7dVerified

Name: TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
norm: taft stettinius hollister

Name: PolkBeder LLC
norm: polkbeder
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 11, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationCooperating with the Ohio Department of Taxation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired an independent computer forensics firm to investigate the incident
Secured AllClear ID to provide 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection and restoration services
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cooperating with the Ohio Department of Taxation in the investigation
Changes made: Working with the computer forensics firm to implement additional data security to safeguard against unauthorized access to our system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 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 AGMay 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 8 (MT), last May 15 (MA) — a 7-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/polkbeder-20170508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2017
Raw hash: ead8ad10ac69d36c8fea89ea0e7d020c1e730d70dedf258a18494246df6bfbfd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP

Victim entityPolkBeder LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2017

Stated responseHired an independent computer forensics firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov