Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Congo, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2021

Filed

May 26, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Congo, LLC →2 incidents on file

Congo, LLC, a distribution company based in Louisville, KY, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident in April 2021. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred in March 2021, likely via a phishing compromise of an Office 365 account. The breach potentially exposed personal information of one New Hampshire resident, including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and bank account details. Congo engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Mar 1, 2021

Begins

Apr 1, 2021

Discovered

May 26, 2021

Filed

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This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_07723c55dd569a942021-05-26Verified

Name: Congo, LLC
norm: congo

Name: Congo, LLC
norm: congo
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2021
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled access to the account
Began an investigation, which included work with a digital forensics firm
Contacted the FBI
Hired a forensic IT team to identify the source and the scope of the breach
Mailed notification letters to their last known address or emailing notification to known email addresses
Changes made: Enhanced security within its email platform
Enhanced password complexity
Enhanced audit logging
Enhanced general information security practices
Implemented additional access controls and security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGMay 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 26 · 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/congo-20210526.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2021
Raw hash: 72050cc75954aba66938c6e7723100fc5d571e356bd4a4561eae418f89d9eaae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCongo, LLC

Victim entityCongo, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2021

Stated responseDisabled access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov