HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowContained

McCracken Financial Solutions

bd_417f911b99c584c5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 1, 2023

Filed

Jun 14, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for McCracken Financial Solutions →2 incidents on file

On May 1, 2023, an unknown malicious actor gained access to a McCracken Financial Solutions Corp. human resources employee's Microsoft Outlook account for approximately 3.5 hours. The breach potentially exposed personal information of employees, spouses, and dependents contained in email messages and attachments. The company is reviewing policies and offering two years of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

May 1, 2023

Begins

May 1, 2023

Discovered

Jun 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e4a486511ce9ceeb2023-06-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f6c30a341d9d27452023-06-16 · +2dVerified

Name: McCracken Financial Solutions
norm: mccracken financial
Domain: mccrackenfs.com

Name: McCracken Financial Solutions
norm: mccracken financial
Domain: mccrackenfs.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2023
Breach occurred: May 1, 2023 – May 1, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 14, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducting a review of this incident
Reviewing its policies and procedures with the goal of preventing recurrence
Providing credit monitoring services for two (2) years at no cost through NortonLifeLock
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures with the goal of preventing recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

Vermont State AGJun 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-06-14-mccracken-financial-solutions-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2023
Raw hash: 1ae9ed2e24cd247e3d98876a13eadeee3f63bc304f01bd6bf21d5b7536a17c35

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcCracken Financial Solutions

Victim entityMcCracken Financial Solutions

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2023

Stated responseConducting a review of this incident

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov