MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumActive

Whitinger & Company LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2017

Filed

Jul 19, 2017

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Whitinger & Company LLC →2 incidents on file

Whitinger & Company, LLC, a CPA firm, reported a ransomware attack affecting one New Hampshire resident. Unauthorized access occurred between Jan 29 and Mar 3, 2017. Data accessed included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and medical info. Whitinger retained forensic investigators, notified the FBI and IRS, and provided 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 98 days

Jan 29, 2017

Begins

Apr 12, 2017

Discovered

Jul 19, 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_c20d1cba68eb9e402017-07-18 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c75cd13510c78bd32017-07-18 · +1dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Whitinger & Company LLC
norm: whitinger
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 29, 2017 – Mar 3, 2017
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProvided notice to the IRSProvided notice to the FBIProviding written notice to other state regulators as necessary

During the incident: Retained a leading forensic investigation firm
Moved to restore files
Provided written notice to all affected individuals
Provided access to two years of credit monitoring and identity repair services through All Clear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided notice to the IRS and the FBI
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(98 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 AGJul 18 · first

Montana State AGJul 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/whitinger-20170719.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 19, 2017
Raw hash: d6368f76db94c85c1e56cf73e3cfcdc255e4e6001b3486ae0908205c2638cbf7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityWhitinger & Company LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2017

Stated responseRetained a leading forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov