MisuseProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Richardson & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2015

Filed

Jan 29, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

57state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Richardson & Company →

Richardson & Company, P.C. reported a security incident discovered on Dec 21, 2015, where a former employee downloaded client data (SSNs, financial accounts, names, addresses) to an external drive. 57 NH residents affected. Data returned; no evidence of third-party disclosure. Forensic investigation conducted; law enforcement notified. LifeLock services offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Dec 18, 2015

Begins

Dec 21, 2015

Discovered

Jan 29, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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

Montana State AGbd_18ac0cdbcb4d9bb22016-01-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c76756cb272d0f5a2016-02-01 · +3dVerified

Name: Peabody & Arnold LLP
norm: peabody arnold

Name: Richardson & Company
norm: richardson
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2015 – Dec 21, 2015
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 57state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: InternalSecondary
Regulator citations: Reported incident to NH Department of Justice / Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Contacted former employee and asked for return of data
Hired forensic computer consultant to investigate
Reported incident to law enforcement
Examined former employee's work laptop and home computers
Retained or deleted data on flash drives and laptops
Changes made: Established dialogue with tax software manufacturer to explore technical or security enhancements
Provided one year of complimentary identity theft protection through LifeLock to affected residents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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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Montana State AGJan 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/richardson-20160129.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2016
Raw hash: 24012c3680bd8d04d12da80d6bfd80fe188205167da25eaa97185082616da942

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeabody & Arnold LLP

Victim entityRichardson & Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2015

Stated responseContacted former employee and asked for return of data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov