HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

The AFTRA Retirement Fund

bd_571483ab76cd0559 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

Jan 4, 2021

To disclose

14 months

Affected

612state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The AFTRA Retirement Fund →3 incidents on file

AFTRA Retirement Fund filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding unauthorized access to its network occurring between October 24 and 28, 2019. The breach potentially affected the personal information (name, address, DOB, SSN) of approximately 612 New Hampshire residents. AFTRA engaged forensic experts, reviewed affected files, and provided one year of credit monitoring through Kroll to impacted individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 434 days

Oct 24, 2019

Begins

Oct 28, 2019

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+54 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0cbbc765ad20950a2020-12-16 · +19dCandidate
Delaware State AGbd_7af2f32ab5167ef72020-12-16 · +19dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_fa4096d07033df3f2020-12-16 · +19dVerified by operator

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 612state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic expert to assist with the investigation
Undertook a time-consuming review of all the files and folders that may have been accessed
Provided individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for one year through Kroll
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Posted notice of the incident on its website
Issued a press release nationwide
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing its existing security measures and working to implement additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(434 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGDec 16 · first

Delaware State AGDec 16 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 16 · first

New Hampshire State AG+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (ME), last Jan 4 (NH) — a 19-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/aftra-retirement-fund-20210104.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2021
Raw hash: 3fee780b487f99801d4a900a90830a7ad2a074c240c0d817ae6fa54e0b1d1fa0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2019

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic expert to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov