HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

FHT Advisors, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 25, 2020

Filed

Dec 3, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FHT Advisors, LLC →2 incidents on file

FHT Advisors, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts. The unauthorized access began on June 15, 2020, and was discovered by an employee on August 22, 2020. The investigation confirmed that personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was potentially accessible. Two New Hampshire residents were affected. FHT Advisors offered one year of credit monitoring services and implemented multi-factor authentication and enhanced security protocols.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 71 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Jun 15, 2020

Begins

Aug 25, 2020

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_dc136d81c091ae682020-12-01 · +2dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_57d556ad4b536d4a2020-11-27 · +6dVerified

Name: FHT Advisors, LLC
norm: fht advisors

Name: FHT Advisors, LLC
norm: fht advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 15, 2020
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Reset passwords
Initiated an investigation
Offering eligible potentially affected individuals a complimentary one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from TransUnion Interactive
Provided a telephone number for potentially affected individuals to call
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication on all accounts
Invested in more anti-virus software
Implemented even more stringent security programs and protocols to provide additional security
Reinforcing education with its employees on the importance of protecting personal information and implementing additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 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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Indiana State AGNov 27 · first

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 27 (IN), last Dec 3 (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/fht-advisors-20201203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2020
Raw hash: f034e6ad6a16f4ef04df7c9874fb7d7dc9b9e8fba837c7602b22b7d835c5b391

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFHT Advisors, LLC

Victim entityFHT Advisors, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2020

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov