Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Schurman Fine Papers

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2017

Filed

Mar 21, 2017

To disclose

13 days

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Schurman Fine Papers →

Schurman Fine Papers (dba Schurman Retail Group) notified NH AG of an email spoofing attack on Jan 18, 2017, where an attacker impersonated the CFO to obtain 2016 employee W-2s. Discovered March 8, 2017. 9 NH residents affected. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and wage info. FBI and IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Jan 18, 2017

Begins

Mar 8, 2017

Discovered

Mar 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_09ff71262d03d8232017-03-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b6ad64e2a491a1e32017-03-21Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Schurman Fine Papers
norm: schurman fine papers
Also named: Schurman Fine Papersdba oflegal entity
Schurman Retail Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 18, 2017
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to other state regulators as necessary
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 2 free years of credit and identity monitoring services through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to other state regulators as necessary
Provided notice of this incident to the IRS and the FBI
Changes made: IT team is analyzing the security of our network
Assessing the security and soundness of systems
Determining how best to prevent these types of attacks in the future
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 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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California State AGMar 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 21 · first · this page

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/schurman-fine-papers-20170321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2017
Raw hash: ba1432627db525fa39be3584885573c8259a0b586c661315d15f84455d148d3c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySchurman Fine Papers

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2017

Stated responseProvided all potentially affected individuals access to 2 free years of credit and identity monitoring services through AllClear ID

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov