HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 19, 2020

Filed

Jul 6, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

38state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. →

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between March 6-9, 2020. The incident exposed names and SSNs of 38 NH residents. KB Administrators engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 109 days

Mar 6, 2020

Begins

Mar 19, 2020

Discovered

Jul 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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_2fb0763f38e745652020-07-01 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ea9c8258ef54a4212020-06-11 · +25dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7cff1b0ceba4ae2a2020-06-08 · +28dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.
norm: karr barth administrators
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2020 – Mar 9, 2020
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 38state-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 Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer specialists
Began a thorough review of the contents of the email account
Notified its involved clients
Provided written notice of this incident to potentially affected individuals
Provided notice of this incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards including multifactor authentication for all employees
Training to its employees that focuses on data privacy threats involving email
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Kroll
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Conducting additional workforce training
Initiating a password reset
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(109 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 · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 8 · first

Montana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+23d

New Hampshire State AG+28d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 8 (NH), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 28-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/karr-barth-administrators-20200706.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2020
Raw hash: 7ca75ef5867f086dc7e5d154dcd10e21a1340df2ff6c1a83a6e34ca23ebcde46

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityKarr Barth Administrators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov