Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

J.E. Sandifer Financial Consultants, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2018

Filed

Aug 2, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for J.E. Sandifer Financial Consultants, Inc. →

J.E. Sandifer Financial Consultants, Inc. reported a phishing incident compromising an employee's email account on June 28, 2018. The breach potentially exposed client PII (names, SSNs, financial account info). One New Hampshire resident was affected. Sandifer engaged forensic experts, reset credentials, and provided one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jun 28, 2018

Discovered

Aug 2, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: J.E. Sandifer Financial Consultants, Inc.
norm: je sandifer financial consultants
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 2, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained computer forensics experts from Austin, Texas
Changed all employee email credentials
Notified the custodian which holds Sandifer's clients' assets
Provided 12 months of complimentary identity protection services
Changes made: Changed all employee email credentials
Notified Raymond James, the custodian of clients' assets
Implemented policy not to accept trade orders or requests for funds by email without confirming verbally with the client
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 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/je-sandifer-20180802.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2018
Raw hash: a91652d10147727f5c2ad425b11df92cc6b672c26fcbc05f5a11a655a99d0c4a

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityJ.E. Sandifer Financial Consultants, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2018

Stated responseRetained computer forensics experts from Austin, Texas

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov