Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Canto, Rausch, Deek & Co., P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2019

Filed

Nov 4, 2019

To disclose

3 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Canto, Rausch, Deek & Co., P.A. →

Canto, Rausch, Deek & Co., P.A. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed three employee email accounts between March 23 and August 15, 2019. One NH resident's PII (SSN, DL, financial info) was potentially exposed. Notifications sent Nov 1, 2019; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 223 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Mar 23, 2019

Begins

Nov 1, 2019

Discovered

Nov 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

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

Name: Canto
norm: canto
Domain: canto.com

Name: Canto, Rausch, Deek & Co., P.A.
norm: canto rausch deek
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2019 – Aug 15, 2019
Undetected for: 223 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 1, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure all its email accounts
Began an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Began mailing written notifications to potentially affected individuals
Offering a complimentary one year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Enhanced its existing security and email protocols
Re-educated its staff to be on alert for these types of incidents
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security and email protocols
Re-educated its staff to be on alert for these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 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/canto-rausch-deek-20191104.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2019
Raw hash: 8dc83f75eb6c9043739f5f8bf8ff33f45f815169e2d76a366c0f1c4334685bde

Reporting entityCanto

Victim entityCanto, Rausch, Deek & Co., P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2019

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure all its email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov