HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsExtortion DemandRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

GoldSilver LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 20, 2018

Filed

Dec 20, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GoldSilver LLC →

GoldSilver LLC notified NH AG of a security incident affecting 8 NH residents. Unauthorized access to a customer database occurred between Sept 28 and Nov 20, 2018. Data included names, financial account numbers, and encrypted passwords. Attacker demanded extortion payment. GoldSilver engaged forensic firm and FBI, secured systems, and began mailing notifications on Dec 19, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 53 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Sep 28, 2018

Begins

Nov 20, 2018

Discovered

Dec 20, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1ec0ce4964c3ef482018-12-19 · +1dCandidate

Name: GoldSilver LLC
norm: goldsilver
Domain: goldsilver.com

Name: GoldSilver LLC
norm: goldsilver
Domain: goldsilver.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 20, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2018 – Nov 20, 2018
Undetected for: 53 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2018
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated CollectionT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph Foster

During the incident: Took steps to secure the system
Engaged a forensic computer security firm to assist in the investigation
Requested assistance from the FBI
Deactivated all passwords to GoldSilver.com
Required email account access as a second authentication step until a new password is set
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further expand and strengthen the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGDec 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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/goldsilver-20181220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2018
Raw hash: 7c6597cd1314892997ae00dfbae061eca6c829ce2a58297cdeae24304c64a100

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGoldSilver LLC

Victim entityGoldSilver LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 20, 2018

Stated responseTook steps to secure the system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov