HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

EB Employee Solutions (The Difference Card)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 27, 2022

Filed

Aug 23, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for EB Employee Solutions (The Difference Card) →

EB Employee Solutions dba The Difference Card notified New Hampshire AG of unauthorized access to one employee email account between July 2021 and February 2022. Investigation concluded June 27, 2022. One NH resident affected. Data included PII, SSN, financial info, and PHI. Remediation included MFA and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 361 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jul 1, 2021

Begins

Jun 27, 2022

Discovered

Aug 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bf65629510e4cf172022-08-19 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_846d0e37c808a66b2022-07-08 · +46dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: EB Employee Solutions (The Difference Card)
norm: eb employee solutions the difference card
Also named: EB Employee Solutions, LLCdba oflegal entity
The Difference Carddba oftrade name
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jun 27, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2021 – Feb 28, 2022
Undetected for: 361 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive investigation and manual review
Offered a complimentary one-year membership in Equifax Credit WatchTM Gold
Reset passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Worked with an external cybersecurity firm to further harden our network security
Changes made: Reset passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Worked with an external cybersecurity firm to further harden our network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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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Delaware State AGJul 8 · first

Massachusetts State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+46d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 8 (DE), last Aug 23 (NH) — a 46-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/eb-employee-solutions-dba-difference-card-20220823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2022
Raw hash: ed3f898ee8e4e1ea463647c75f80d7e05524c599dad20cea4ff87468ae266969

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityEB Employee Solutions (The Difference Card)

Incidentdiscovered Jun 27, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov