Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Rochester Industries Placement, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 7, 2021

Filed

Jan 3, 2022

To disclose

27 days

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rochester Industries Placement, Inc. →

Rochester Industries Placement, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between Oct 16-17, 2019. Discovered Dec 7, 2021, the breach affected ~28 NH residents, exposing names, SSNs, and driver's licenses. Notices sent Dec 29, 2021, offering 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 783 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Oct 16, 2019

Begins

Dec 7, 2021

Discovered

Jan 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_094619fd836f0f5d2021-12-29 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_404596f4871166692021-12-29 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae7786fe8ecbbbff2021-12-29 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e5b760a5889c43fa2021-12-29 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Rochester Industries Placement, Inc.
norm: rochester industries placement
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2019 – Oct 17, 2019
Undetected for: 783 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2021
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Conducted a manual email review
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to secure personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGDec 29 · first

Indiana State AGDec 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 29 · first

Maine State AGDec 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 29 (MT), last Jan 3 (NH) — a 5-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/rochester-industries-placement-20220103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 3, 2022
Raw hash: 8eab00a30f39ecca0da7a4e70810ee86a2e1f8c2bcdf2a9747bdfdd8bfc80c11

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityRochester Industries Placement, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 7, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov