HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Comiskey & Company P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2020

Filed

Aug 10, 2020

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Comiskey & Company P.C. →2 incidents on file

Comiskey & Company, P.C. notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to three employee email accounts between Oct 2019 and Feb 2020, discovered Jan 23, 2020. 4 NH residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, addresses, financial accounts. Response included forensic investigation, credential resets, and 4 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 89 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 200 days

Oct 26, 2019

Begins

Jan 23, 2020

Discovered

Aug 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_00d956b6ec6db2452020-08-03 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0970e88c10c99da2020-08-03 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fad32b9aa747fcff2020-08-03 · +7dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Comiskey & Company P.C.
norm: comiskey
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 26, 2019 – Feb 18, 2020
Undetected for: 89 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing notice to regulators as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the employee's email account credentials
Began an investigation into the activity
Conducted investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Provided written notice to all affected individuals
Providing individual whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to four (4) years of credit monitoring services through Experian at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(200 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 3 · first

Indiana State AGAug 3 · first

Montana State AGAug 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (MA), last Aug 10 (NH) — a 7-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/comiskey-20200810.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2020
Raw hash: a1f4ee621ffb1e0011411cf59676e3816e4864611ec1ec82216b527932d688fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityComiskey & Company P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2020

Stated responseChanged the employee's email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov