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

VHA Southeast, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 19, 2021

Filed

Feb 22, 2022

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for VHA Southeast, Inc. →

VHA Southeast, Inc. DBA Vizient Southeast notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred around Aug 19, 2021. Data potentially exposed: name, address, SSN. Notices sent Feb 15, 2022. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 187 days

Aug 19, 2021

Discovered

Feb 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: VHA Southeast, Inc.
norm: vha southeast
Also named: VHA Southeast, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Vizient Southeastdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 19, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2022
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: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Investigating to better understand the nature and scope of this activity
Programmatic and manual review of the contents of the email account was performed
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the email account to determine whether it contained personal information
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information for purposes of providing notice to potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one year, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(187 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/vha-southeast-dba-vizient-southeast-20220222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2022
Raw hash: ca45c77be7c5be85884fcebeed559486a9e6007f702463b2da592614d906c79a

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityVHA Southeast, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 19, 2021

Stated responseInvestigating to better understand the nature and scope of this activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov