Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Timothy S. Hart Law Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 24, 2020

Filed

Apr 30, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Timothy S. Hart Law Group notified NH AG of a data security incident in late Feb 2020 where an unauthorized user accessed a business email account. One NH resident's name and SSN were potentially compromised. HLG engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement and the IRS, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Feb 24, 2020

Discovered

Apr 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Timothy S. Hart Law Group
norm: timothy s hart law
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcementnotified the Internal Revenue Service
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Retained independent cybersecurity and data privacy experts to assist with the investigation
Conducted a thorough review of the emails and attachments contained within the impacted account
Notified the Internal Revenue Service and the three consumer credit bureaus
Updated its internal procedures and has implemented additional safeguards
Offered impacted individuals twelve (12) months of credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Updated its internal procedures
Implemented additional safeguards to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 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/timothy-s-hart-law-group-20200430.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2020
Raw hash: 9bfc9d9edbd4b0f03a8196e9062adf7c952c284b455a3abf9231a9c1e492254c

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityTimothy S. Hart Law Group

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2020

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov