HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

The AFTRA Retirement Fund

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

Feb 25, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

8,803state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The AFTRA Retirement Fund →3 incidents on file

Supplemental notice for AFTRA Retirement Fund regarding unauthorized access to files and folders between Oct 24-28, 2019. Discovered Oct 28, 2019. Affected data includes names, SSNs, DOBs, and addresses. Initial notice covered 573 WA residents; this supplemental notice covers an additional 8,230 WA residents. Credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Oct 24, 2019

Begins

Oct 28, 2019

Discovered

Feb 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2c0928d8cd6c12b32020-02-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3f2ecb95654182522020-02-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4365216e08330aa42020-02-25Verified
California State AGbd_7977ec6849d8afaa2020-02-25Verified

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HHS OCRbd_9ca97b1dae5250542020-02-25Verified
Oregon State AGbd_fa2dfc25d9f345f52020-02-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6d1c9d71c86bc8ec2020-03-02 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_91abcdb4abb9fbea2020-01-01 · +55dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 8,803state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to other regulators as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic expert
Undertook a time-consuming review of all the files and folders that may have been accessed
Began providing notice of this incident to an additional approximate eight thousand two hundred thirty (8,230) Washington residents
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for one year through Kroll at no cost
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice to other regulators as required
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing its existing security measures and working to implement additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+55d

Indiana State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+55d

California State AG+55d

HHS OCR+55d

Oregon State AG+55d

Washington State AG+55d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+61d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 2 (NH) — a 61-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10534.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2020
Raw hash: 70d57d671d38686176370449aba794e0945ded49a21ca68e41e07a30bd2eeccb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com