Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2020

Filed

May 27, 2020

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. →

Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. notified the NH AG of a data incident affecting one resident. Unauthorized access to email accounts occurred between Oct 2019 and Jan 2020, discovered Feb 13, 2020. Data involved: name and SSN. Remediation included MFA, password changes, and FBI notification.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 121 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Oct 15, 2019

Begins

Feb 13, 2020

Discovered

May 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8bb82669244a33d82020-05-27Verified
Montana State AGbd_d96efef023d4dfaa2020-05-27Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e4b3bd49cbfeab992020-05-27Verified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
norm: yount hyde barbour
Industry: professional_services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2019 – Jan 23, 2020
Undetected for: 121 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email system
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading digital forensics firm
Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offered twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures
Universal password change
Internal email policy revisions
Disabling email forwarding rules
Rolling out additional security measures, such as Advanced Threat Protection through Microsoft and multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 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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Massachusetts State AGMay 27 · first

Montana State AGMay 27 · first

Indiana State AGMay 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 27 · first · 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/yount-hyde-barbour-20200527.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 27, 2020
Raw hash: e3522c68df886a3cdaf07da4612fdb41bf967db6d6f247bed789de721fa3b5f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityYount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov