HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Alexander & Ewert

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 14, 2020

Filed

Aug 9, 2021

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Alexander & Ewert notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident involving one NH resident. An unauthorized party accessed an employee email account via a malicious rule from May 25, 2020, to October 14, 2020. The account contained the resident's name, SSN, driver's license, and financial account number. The company secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 142 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 299 days

May 25, 2020

Begins

Oct 14, 2020

Discovered

Aug 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Alexander & Ewert
norm: alexander ewert

Name: Alexander & Ewert
norm: alexander ewert
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2020
Breach occurred: May 25, 2020 – Oct 14, 2020
Undetected for: 142 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Removed the rule
Engaged a leading forensic firm to further investigate and confirm the security of Alexander & Ewert’s systems
Undertook a comprehensive review of the contents of the account
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(299 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/alexander-ewert-20210809.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2021
Raw hash: 0f4b26c5c34461dde57b4c6f02f2e0eb78c7a4b8f746f63d410345852c5a796e

Reporting entityAlexander & Ewert

Victim entityAlexander & Ewert

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2020

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov