HackingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumContained
Elm3
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Full breach record for Elm3 →Elm3 Financial Group, a Georgia-based wealth management and tax preparation firm, notified New Hampshire residents of a data breach. Unauthorized access occurred on June 23, 2021, when hackers guessed a vendor's password. The firm discovered the breach on July 9, 2021, shut down access, and notified the FBI. Approximately 2 NH residents were affected, with potential exposure of names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, and bank account numbers. Remediation included strengthening data storage systems with their IT provider.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/elm3-financial-group-20210811.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Aug 13, 2021
- Raw hash
- 7f30ac7616dd017e10a4ff64dfd480467e5797cf27160cb6d81905df5d2f30dc
Reporting entity
- Name
- Elm3norm: elm3
- Domain
- elm3cpatax.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Elm3norm: elm3
- Domain
- elm3cpatax.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jul 9, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Aug 9, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 2
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Contacted relevant law enforcement agencies (FBI)
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.