HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Gardiner & Appel Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 20, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gardiner & Appel Group, Inc. →

Gardiner & Appel Group, Inc., an accounting firm, experienced a cyber attack on January 16, 2017, where an unknown third party accessed its network. Personal information of two New Hampshire residents, including names, addresses, SSNs, and compensation data, was potentially exposed. The firm reported the incident to local police and is offering one year of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

Jan 16, 2017

Begins

Feb 20, 2017

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_d7dbfd54b699ce702017-02-22 · +2dVerified

Name: Gardiner & Appel Group, Inc.
norm: gardiner appel group
Domain: gardinerappelgroup.com

Name: Gardiner & Appel Group, Inc.
norm: gardiner appel
Domain: gardinerappelgroup.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 16, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Undertaking an internal investigation of the matter
Reported the incident to the local police
Changes made: Reviewing internal policies and data management protocols
Implementing enhanced security measures
Offering one year of complimentary identity protection through Experian ProtectMyID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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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/gardiner-appel-20170220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2017
Raw hash: 746e3a245fdb4ea0b0159b25a3c9b458d30adbb6ab400c649b5fd6556d1a00f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGardiner & Appel Group, Inc.

Victim entityGardiner & Appel Group, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseUndertaking an internal investigation of the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov