MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareVulnerability ExploitRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainTargetedGovernment IDFinancial accountPIIIdentity (basic)HighContained

Paradis Raymond & Jalbert

bd_6c1046d383557b66 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 29, 2021

Filed

Mar 21, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2,235state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Paradis Raymond & Jalbert →

Paradis Raymond & Jalbert (CPA firm) notified NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting its affiliate Medaglia & Murphy's network. Discovered Dec 29, 2021, unauthorized remote access led to ransom demand. Ransom was paid for assurance of data destruction. Data included SSNs, financial accounts, tax returns. 2,235 NH residents affected. Notices mailed March 16, 2022, offering 2 years credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Dec 29, 2021

Discovered

Mar 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_07b0767e620745e12022-03-21Candidate
Montana State AGbd_d532c02ba1a78b072022-03-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cdab76aef4ac95372022-03-18 · +3dVerified

Name: McLane Middleton, P.A.
norm: mclane middleton

Name: Paradis Raymond & Jalbert
norm: paradis raymond jalbert
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,235state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountPIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the cyber security division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Worked with the United States Secret Service (USSS)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted managed information technology service provider (MSP)
Disabled the Internet connection to the network
Deactivated servers and computers on the network
MSP removed all potential malware from the servers and computers
Rapidly rebuilt the network
Retained a cyber security attorney and a forensic expert
Initiated the process to notify the cyber security division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Supplied the IRS with the information necessary to activate the IRS’s advance fraud detection and prevention system, called Return Integrity Compliance Services (RICS)
Engaged with the third parties to assess their reliability and negotiate certain assurances
Communicated with and relied on federal law enforcement at the United States Secret Service (USSS)
Paid the ransom
Monitored the dark web to detect if any information was being offered for sale
Retained Epiq to provide notification letters, call center services, and credit and identity monitoring and restoration protection
Changes made: Working with the cyber security attorney and technology providers to conduct a comprehensive assessment of Medaglia & Murphy’s technological, physical, and administrative processes in order to identify other potential opportunities to enhance our cyber security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

Maine State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/paradis-raymond-jalbert-20220321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2022
Raw hash: 4c943010b340488554a45d089d6363f299ad50f38bef748c2e06cf177320370e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcLane Middleton, P.A.

Victim entityParadis Raymond & Jalbert

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2021

Stated responseContacted managed information technology service provider (MSP)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov