HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

McKell Financial

bd_2d501929fb7f4adb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 17, 2024

Filed

Oct 8, 2024

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for McKell Financial →

McKell Financial Group notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting two NH residents. On June 17, 2024, suspicious activity was detected in the email environment. Investigation revealed unauthorized access to one employee's mailbox, potentially exposing client PII including names and contact info. The company engaged forensic reviewers, offered credit monitoring via IDX, and implemented additional security measures.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jun 7, 2024

Begins

Jun 17, 2024

Discovered

Sep 3, 2024

Scope determined

Oct 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_194a8eeca760ce532024-10-08Verified
California State AGbd_4b68750808ca8e0e2024-10-08Candidate

Name: McKell Financial
norm: mckell financial
Domain: mckellfinancial.com
Industry: Financial Advisory Services

Name: McKell Financial
norm: mckell financial
Domain: mckellfinancial.com
Industry: Financial Advisory Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 7, 2024
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Sep 3, 2024
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure its environment
Launched an investigation
Engaged an independent team to conduct a comprehensive review
Worked diligently to locate relevant address information and prepare the services being offered
Notified two (2) New Hampshire residents via U.S. First-Class Mail
Providing individuals with information about steps they can take to help protect their personal information
Offering individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX by Zerofox
Implemented additional technical security measures throughout the environment
Changes made: Implemented additional technical security measures throughout the environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 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 AGOct 8 · first

California State AGOct 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 8 · first · this page

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/mckell-financial-20241008.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2024
Raw hash: 67c810903e3d3acf6b3df6116554d9a1780877daca03052ed148b5f51c583e15

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcKell Financial

Victim entityMcKell Financial

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2024

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure its environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov