HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Knych & Whritenour, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 8, 2020

Filed

Apr 20, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Knych & Whritenour, LLC →3 incidents on file

Knych & Whritenour, LLC reported an amended breach notification to the NH AG regarding unauthorized access to two email accounts between Dec 4-8, 2020. The incident affected 4 NH residents, exposing basic PII. The firm engaged forensic investigators, implemented MFA, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Dec 4, 2020

Begins

Dec 8, 2020

Discovered

Apr 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Knych & Whritenour, LLC
norm: knych whritenour

Name: Knych & Whritenour, LLC
norm: knych whritenour
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2020 – Dec 8, 2020
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Began working with a third-party computer forensic investigation firm
Worked with third-party specialists to perform a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email account
Conducted a thorough manual review of our records
Utilize two point authentication for all of our email accounts
Email archiving through Barracuda
Conducted extensive employee training
Notified all state regulators
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Utilize two point authentication for all of our email accounts
Email archiving through Barracuda
Conducted extensive employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/knych-whritenour-20210420.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2021
Raw hash: 3d2c44838658c17ba49810761e859b2ab75fdea9f1972655720511d1ff58c6e9

Reporting entityKnych & Whritenour, LLC

Victim entityKnych & Whritenour, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov