Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Acclivity Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 16, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Acclivity Financial →2 incidents on file

Acclivity Financial, LLC, a subsidiary of Citizens Bank, reported a phishing incident affecting 5 New Hampshire residents. Unauthorized parties used compromised credentials to access employee email accounts between October 2 and 16, 2020, potentially exposing SSNs, financial account info, and driver's licenses. The company provided 2 years of credit monitoring and enhanced email security.

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Incident timeline

Oct 2, 2020

Begins

Apr 16, 2021

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_103ee47488611a6e2021-04-16Candidate
Maine State AGbd_31816f0a602a5eb02021-04-16Verified

Name: Acclivity Financial
norm: acclivity financial

Name: Acclivity Financial
norm: acclivity financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 2, 2020 – Oct 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 16, 2021
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountPII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this potential security incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and Dark Web monitoring services
Taking steps to enhance the security of employee email accounts
Reported this potential security incident to law enforcement
Launched an investigation led by counsel
Engaged a leading digital forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Prevented further access and secured the employee email accounts
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 AGApr 16 · first

Maine State AGApr 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 16 · 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/acclivity-financial-20210416.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 16, 2021
Raw hash: 0b64997172c9bbc08d68fb2b637f7e845fca8c369083e34d21d8b4b5b782f506

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcclivity Financial

Victim entityAcclivity Financial

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseProvided two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and Dark Web monitoring services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov