Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

The PenFacs Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 23, 2022

Filed

Sep 30, 2022

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The PenFacs Group →

The PenFacs Group notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 12 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred around Nov 15, 2021, discovered Feb 23, 2022. Data exposed included SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and PHI. PenFacs engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 100 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 219 days

Nov 15, 2021

Begins

Feb 23, 2022

Discovered

Sep 30, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_852399ec6505e9eb2022-09-30Verified
Montana State AGbd_708454173ae85d212022-11-03 · +34dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: The PenFacs Group
norm: the penfacs
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 15, 2021
Undetected for: 100 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to applicable government regulatorsProvided notice to other state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured its systems
Engaged third-party independent cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Mailed written notification to affected residents
Provided free access to credit monitoring services for one year through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Enhancing and improving policies and procedures related to data protection
Improving cybersecurity infrastructure
Training employees on best practices to minimize likelihood of incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(219 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 30 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 30 · first · this page

Montana State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Sep 30 (MA), last Nov 3 (MT) — a 34-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/penfacs-group-20220930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2022
Raw hash: ae9dbf38694e22697a6a59f78852ce988519bdabc64b9acb129b4257c89149a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityThe PenFacs Group

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2022

Stated responseSecured its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov