PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

M Holdings Securities, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2016

Filed

Aug 31, 2016

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for M Holdings Securities, Inc. →3 incidents on file

M Holdings Securities, Inc. notified the NH AG of a stolen laptop containing client PII (SSN, DL, financial accounts). Discovered Aug 1, 2016. 17 NH residents affected. Law enforcement contacted; forensic investigator retained.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 1, 2016

Discovered

Aug 31, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5c5e32376e6ba57e2016-08-31Verified
Montana State AGbd_66a20c84434024762016-08-31Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c9a4a7165c15ae5f2016-09-06 · +6dVerified

Name: M Holdings Securities, Inc.
norm: m holdings securities

Name: M Holdings Securities, Inc.
norm: m holdings securities
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2016
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Retaining a forensic investigator
Conducting a comprehensive review of their data security processes
Contacted law enforcement
Changes made: Encrypted and secured all laptop computers
Conducting security training programs for its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AGAug 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 31 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (CA), last Sep 6 (MA) — 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/m-holdings-20160831.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2016
Raw hash: 0c2550a9e941206d94d4be1ee35667497907966acc7a53881b9a78ad645edbdb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityM Holdings Securities, Inc.

Victim entityM Holdings Securities, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2016

Stated responseRetaining a forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov