Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

MKK Consulting Engineers

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2016

Filed

May 11, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MKK Consulting Engineers →

Supplemental notice from MKK Consulting Engineers, Inc. regarding a phishing incident where an employee's credentials were compromised, leading to unauthorized access to employee W-2 data (SSN, name, address, earnings). Incident occurred Feb 19, 2016; discovered April 6, 2016. Affected current and former employees. Services offered include IDShield/LegalShield membership.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 47 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Feb 19, 2016

Begins

Apr 6, 2016

Discovered

May 11, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10 affectedView incident

Name: MKK Consulting Engineers
norm: mkk consulting engineers
Domain: mkkeng.com

Name: MKK Consulting Engineers
norm: mkk consulting engineers
Domain: mkkeng.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 6, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2016
Undetected for: 47 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2016
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reporting the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly launched an investigation
Reporting the incident to law enforcement
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Make you aware of the incident
Explain the services we are making available to help safeguard you against identity fraud
Changes made: Enrolling in a 12-month membership of IDShield/LegalShield at no cost
Placing a Fraud Alert
Placing a Security Freeze
Obtaining a free credit report
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/MKK-Consulting-Engineers.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2016
Raw hash: 2525cbdeb2569767163bee45b2eae3fdc784779444237412472c747207adf898

Reporting entityMKK Consulting Engineers

Victim entityMKK Consulting Engineers

Incidentdiscovered Apr 6, 2016

Stated responsePromptly launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov