Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingDelayed DiscoveryEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

NextGen Global Resources

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 12, 2017

Filed

Dec 28, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

NextGen Global Resources discovered on November 12, 2017, that an employee inadvertently responded to a phishing email, allowing an unauthorized party to create an email forwarding rule. The unauthorized access dates back to July 2017. Affected individuals include employees, contractors, and customers whose names and Social Security numbers (full or partial) were exposed via forwarded emails. The company scanned all employee email accounts, found no other instances of unauthorized access, and is offering one year of credit monitoring through LifeLock.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 134 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Jul 1, 2017

Begins

Nov 12, 2017

Discovered

Dec 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c550d65baf8e80a72017-12-28Verified

Name: NextGen
norm: nextgen
Domain: nextgen.com

Name: NextGen Global Resources
norm: nextgen global resources
Domain: nextgenresources.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2017 – Nov 12, 2017
Undetected for: 134 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Scanned the email accounts of all employees
Providing a courtesy subscription to credit monitoring service through LifeLock for a one year period
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 28 · first

California State AGDec 28 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-131689
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2017
Raw hash: 1e5cafa0f79fe267960a5f2e1c07a3051e9946d7ad086d3bd888e1bcc9270f59

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNextGen

Victim entityNextGen Global Resources

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2017

Stated responseScanned the email accounts of all employees

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov