MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Risk & Insurance Education Alliance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 26, 2021

Filed

May 21, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

67%

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The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research (NAIER) notified the NH AG of a cyberattack on Feb 26, 2021, where malware infected its network. Unknown actors accessed files containing names, SSNs, and financial account info. NAIER took systems offline, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring to 4 affected NH residents. Notices were sent on May 14, 2021.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Feb 26, 2021

Discovered

May 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Risk & Insurance Education Alliance
norm: risk insurance education alliance
Domain: riskeducation.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 14, 2021
Affected individuals: 4state-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: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Took systems offline
Launched a forensic investigation
Reported this incident to law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies and implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 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/national-alliance-insurance-education-research-20210521.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2021
Raw hash: c608c2375c8f6f92f6c7a923f48b1a732da4e72d2d80732d2bec8178c069dacb

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityRisk & Insurance Education Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2021

Stated responseTook systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov