Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Equity Concepts, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 11, 2018

Filed

Nov 30, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Equity Concepts, LLC →

Equity Concepts LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident where unauthorized individuals accessed employee email accounts. The breach affected 3 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. Equity Concepts secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented 2FA and enhanced training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Sep 11, 2018

Discovered

Nov 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_7aa880ee89b198592018-11-29 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_a2299797e70ddac72018-11-29 · +1dVerified

Name: Equity Concepts, LLC
norm: equity concepts
Domain: equity-concepts.com

Name: Equity Concepts, LLC
norm: equity concepts
Domain: equity-concepts.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 11, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 29, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email accounts
Retained an outside forensic firm
Initiated an investigation
Conducted a thorough review of the email accounts affected
Changes made: Implemented heightened enhanced security measures, including requiring that employees use two-factor authentication to access its email platform from outside its office
Increasing its ongoing training and monitoring efforts related to cybercrime
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGNov 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 29 · 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/equity-concepts-20181130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2018
Raw hash: e60d7101219bf61a7456803275b0ef11761e596b2d4fe2476da5bb2723664299

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEquity Concepts, LLC

Victim entityEquity Concepts, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 11, 2018

Stated responseSecured the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov