Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Dent Wizard International Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 22, 2020

Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

77state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dent Wizard International Corporation →2 incidents on file

Dent Wizard International notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting employee email accounts accessed between Jan 22 and Feb 4, 2020. Investigation concluded July 22, 2020, revealing SSNs and driver's licenses of 77 NH residents. Notifications sent Aug 10, 2020, including 12 months credit monitoring. Remediation included MFA and enhanced password management.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 182 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jan 22, 2020

Begins

Jul 22, 2020

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

California State AGbd_01da6740d09b756e2020-08-10 · +7dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_37654420b1840ea32020-08-10 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3f9e8634748408d32020-08-10 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_642b43302bc17e112020-08-10 · +7dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Dent Wizard International Corporation
norm: dent wizard
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 22, 2020 – Feb 4, 2020
Undetected for: 182 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 77state-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 Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Providing affected residents with written notification
Providing residents with Social Security numbers included 12 months of credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authorization
Enhanced password management
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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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California State AGAug 10 · first

Montana State AGAug 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 10 · first

Indiana State AGAug 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 10 (CA), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 7-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/dent-wizard-international-20200817.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 17, 2020
Raw hash: aa3feff9fd8b1d21f0b002cb5ae9778df28a3a1d041f52e7184b810fdc769334

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityDent Wizard International Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 22, 2020

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov