HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCapture Stored DataDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

King McNamara Moriarty LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 24, 2016

Filed

Feb 1, 2017

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

76state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for King McNamara Moriarty LLP →2 incidents on file

King McNamara Moriarty, an accounting firm, notified the NH AG of a data breach affecting 76 NH residents. A hacking incident occurred around June 2016; a suspicious file detected in Oct 2016 led to a second forensic investigation confirming unauthorized access to tax return data (SSNs, DOBs, names, addresses) in Dec 2016. KMM engaged forensic firms, notified IRS/CI and police, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 123 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Jun 23, 2016

Begins

Oct 24, 2016

Discovered

Feb 1, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_3d913d4a4545a6f62017-02-02 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_6f08f40c74739db12017-02-02 · +1dVerified

Name: King McNamara Moriarty LLP
norm: king mcnamara moriarty

Name: King McNamara Moriarty LLP
norm: king mcnamara moriarty
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 24, 2016
Breach occurred: Jun 23, 2016
Undetected for: 123 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 76state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the policeNotified the Internal Revenue e-File Services DepartmentNotified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation (IRS/CI)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a digital forensics firm to contain the matter
Identified and notified the affected clients
Offered them free credit and identity monitoring services
Retained a second digital forensics firm to investigate
Notified the police
Notified the Internal Revenue e-File Services Department
Notified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation (IRS/CI)
Notified the affected consumers via letter
Offering 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Kroll
Enhancing the security of our systems
Changes made: Enhancing the security of our systems, making it more difficult for similar incidents to occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 1 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/king-mcnamara-.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 1, 2017
Raw hash: 290b7d56384529e857060fb7079d5dc4877afb4e157a529e845e4d013b78ced0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKing McNamara Moriarty LLP

Victim entityKing McNamara Moriarty LLP

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2016

Stated responseEngaged a digital forensics firm to contain the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov