MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

May 3, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

176state residents only

Linked

24 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, a tax and accounting firm, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware attack on its third-party cloud hosting vendor, Netgain Technologies. The incident, occurring between November 8 and December 3, 2020, involved unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and file encryption. Netgain paid a ransom and returned data. 176 New Hampshire residents were affected, with personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, and benefit account details potentially compromised. Perkins offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 151 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

May 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 24 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_ba5d30aabab3a1412022-05-26 · +388dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +389dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +389dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ea38731c50620c8e2022-05-27 · +389dVerified by operator

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Oregon State AGbd_f2d5e0dbc45e8b312022-05-27 · +389dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +396dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +466dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +469dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +518dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +522dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 23 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 176state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Netgain shut down their systems and began working with outside cybersecurity specialists
Netgain paid a ransom
Netgain implemented additional advanced threat protection tools
Netgain reset passwords
Netgain reviewed and restricted access rights
Netgain hardened network security rules and protocols
Perkins retained an expert consultant
Perkins provided potentially impacted individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through ID Experts for twelve (12) months
Perkins reported this incident to applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Changes made: Implemented additional advanced threat protection tools
Reset passwords
Reviewed and restricted access rights
Hardened network security rules and protocols
Retained an expert consultant to help provide our firm and clients with an even higher level of data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 3 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+388d

Maine State AG+389d

Delaware State AG+389d

Oregon State AG+389d

New Hampshire State AG+396d

Maine State AG+466d

New Hampshire State AG+469d

Maine State AG+518d

New Hampshire State AG+522d

Pattern: first filing May 3 (NH), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 522-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 23 — the full spread may be wider.

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/perkins-20210503.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2021
Raw hash: 28f90eed8cb282a6ebb02f40480138e5c8bd231b840a6b56bfe9a209fca724e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseNetgain shut down their systems and began working with outside cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov