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

Cherry Bekaert

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2020

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cherry Bekaert →2 incidents on file

Cherry Bekaert LLP notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access to a document storage system occurred between Feb 7 and Mar 17, 2020, via suspicious activity on an employee account. Data exposed included names, SSNs, addresses, and financial account info. Cherry Bekaert engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 259 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Oct 23, 2020

Discovered

Dec 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_33188fa796b6d6fe2020-12-11 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_61e7ed2f3c33cd5e2020-12-11 · +5dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Cherry Bekaert
norm: cherry bekaert
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – Mar 17, 2020
Undetected for: 259 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Brought in third party forensic specialists to assist
Implemented additional security to its document management system
Resetting the account password
Enhance the security policies and procedures utilized by our employees regarding access to personal information
Changes made: Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 11 · first

Maine State AGDec 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 11 (MA), last Dec 16 (NH) — a 5-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/cherry-behaert-20201216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2020
Raw hash: 904266800a9aaa0217e6814073970d03906de9704b628ab46f2fcd38f5fd3d67

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCherry Bekaert

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2020

Stated responseBrought in third party forensic specialists to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov