Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Gries Financial Partners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 12, 2022

Filed

Feb 14, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gries Financial Partners →

Gries Financial Partners notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting one resident. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between September 8 and October 11, 2022, discovered on October 12, 2022. Affected data included names, addresses, financial account info, SSNs, and driver's licenses. GFP notified law enforcement, enhanced email security, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Sep 8, 2022

Begins

Oct 12, 2022

Discovered

Jan 6, 2023

Scope determined

Feb 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_13e7ceda4a1e230d2023-02-10 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_bb7e3dc1c3418c732023-02-10 · +4dCandidate

Name: Gries Financial Partners
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Name: Gries Financial Partners
norm: gries financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 12, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 8, 2022 – Oct 11, 2022
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 6, 2023
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the incidentProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators as necessary
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced an investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Enhanced its email security protocols
Providing potentially affected individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring services for two (2) years, through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures and implementing appropriate changes to reduce the likelihood of a similar future incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 10 · first

Montana State AGFeb 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/gries-financial-partners-20230214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2023
Raw hash: 8a5f861c1ce67f7b8321973db4e10f4ec2bce6653ce9efa39954b7c426b89f38

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGries Financial Partners

Victim entityGries Financial Partners

Incidentdiscovered Oct 12, 2022

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov