Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumActive

Michael Saunders & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2017

Filed

Dec 18, 2017

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Michael Saunders & Company →

Michael Saunders & Company notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting 4 NH residents. Employees received phishing emails requesting credentials. One employee's account was compromised, potentially exposing names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses, and health insurance info. No evidence of misuse found. 12 months credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 195 days

Jun 6, 2017

Discovered

Dec 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_48bd61c868a3ed332017-12-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9b261e761534c6a62018-01-18 · +31dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Michael Saunders & Company
norm: michael saunders
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 18, 2017
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Retained a leading forensic investigation firm
Secured the involved email accounts
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 12 free months of credit monitoring and identity repair services through AllClear ID
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to other state regulators as necessary
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(195 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 · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (MA), last Jan 18 (NH) — a 31-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/michael-saunders-20171218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2017
Raw hash: 5b3fa3d6efb02b568fb07a035636d3cb1c65e0dac3e98707ce1ad7cc87f72414

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityMichael Saunders & Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov