HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumContained

Grossberg

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 18, 2020

Filed

Jul 27, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Grossberg →

Grossberg Company, LLP notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between May 1-4, 2020. The incident affected 2 NH residents, exposing names, SSNs, and addresses. Grossberg secured the account, investigated, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

May 18, 2020

Discovered

Jul 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9f47bbec8cfa83c12020-07-21 · +6dVerified

Name: Grossberg
norm: grossberg
Domain: grossberg.com

Name: Grossberg
norm: grossberg
Domain: grossberg.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 18, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 4, 2020
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying state authorities, as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email system
Conducted an extensive investigation
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email account
Began notifying impacted individuals
Put in place resources to assist them
Providing written notice to those individuals who may be affected
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its systems
Working to review our existing policies and procedures and to implement additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 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 AGJul 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 21 (MA), last Jul 27 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/grossberg-20200728.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2020
Raw hash: 7a60ddc58711809198a96dad123df115f4321dfab1ce9f2a6442e7f938ff784e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGrossberg

Victim entityGrossberg

Incidentdiscovered May 18, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov