HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

WEAVER & TIDWELL L L P

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 10, 2018

Filed

Feb 9, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Weaver & Tidwell, LLP notified the NH AG of a data incident where an unauthorized user accessed a partner's CCH Client Axcess account by guessing a security question on Jan 10, 2018. Documents containing names, SSNs, and financial account info were downloaded. 2 NH residents affected. Notifications sent Feb 9, 2018. MFA enabled and credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jan 10, 2018

Discovered

Feb 9, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: THOMPSON COBURN LLP
norm: thompson coburn
Domain: thompsoncoburn.com

Name: WEAVER & TIDWELL L L P
norm: weaver tidwell l l p
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began working with CCH to investigate the issue
Asked CCH to implement additional security measures
Enabled multi-factor authentication in order to sign into an account
Offered triple bureau credit monitoring and identity restoration services free of charge for two year through ID Experts
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures including notifying account holders by email when the "forgot password" function is used
Sending a temporary password to the account holder's email when a security question is answered rather than permitting immediate access to the account
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.

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/weaver-tidwell-20180209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2018
Raw hash: 074b82d70b595efb121e5f5256cd0770040738accdad43080d1d6f862dd64820

Reporting entityTHOMPSON COBURN LLP

Victim entityWEAVER & TIDWELL L L P

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2018

Stated responseBegan working with CCH to investigate the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov