HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

John Y. Trent & Associates LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2018

Filed

Apr 4, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for John Y. Trent & Associates LLC →

John Y. Trent & Associates LLC notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to a workstation containing 2016 tax returns. Access occurred on Sept 29, 2017; discovered March 1, 2018. 5 NH residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, and bank info. Response included forensic investigators, credit monitoring, and law enforcement notification.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 153 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Sep 29, 2017

Begins

Mar 1, 2018

Discovered

Apr 4, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: John Y. Trent & Associates LLC
norm: john y trent associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 29, 2017
Undetected for: 153 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified local policeNotified state departments of revenueNotified the FBINotified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Working diligently, with the assistance of third party forensic investigators
Providing all potentially affected individuals access to one free year of credit and identity monitoring services
Established a dedicated hotline
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators
Provided notice of this incident to the IRS, local police, state departments of revenue and the FBI
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to better protect against unauthorized access to our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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/john-y-trent-20180404.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2018
Raw hash: 08e91da33cad83f3e5f9893065f8a3da8216d13efce9592488bfbfff2d29ea5d

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityJohn Y. Trent & Associates LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov