HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mechanical Construction Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2018

Filed

Sep 4, 2018

To disclose

20 days

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mechanical Construction Services, Inc. →

Mechanical Construction Services, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a breach where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account on August 15, 2018. The incident potentially exposed PII (name, address, SSN, mother's maiden name) of 6 NH residents (employees/subcontractors). The company engaged IT support and Cyberscout for credit monitoring and is implementing 2FA.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Aug 15, 2018

Discovered

Sep 4, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c968897599fdbc0f2018-08-29 · +6dVerified

Name: Mechanical Construction Services, Inc.
norm: mechanical construction

Name: Mechanical Construction Services, Inc.
norm: mechanical construction
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to shut down access to the account
Engaged our IT support to help us investigate, evaluate and respond to the situation
Contracted with Cyberscout to notify all persons who may be affected by this data breach
Trained employees on additional safety measures
In the process of setting up 2 factor authentications for all e-mail accounts
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security and practices to ensure that appropriate security protocols are in place going forward
Offering 12 months of Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring and Triple Bureau Credit Reports
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 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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Massachusetts State AGAug 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (MA), last Sep 4 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/mechanical-construction-20180904.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2018
Raw hash: 5b2e57d338ac0be6cf35223f26eb97616c0670df7fb2764251ce354d62d5b65b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMechanical Construction Services, Inc.

Victim entityMechanical Construction Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2018

Stated responseTook immediate steps to shut down access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov