Social EngineeringConstructionConstructionPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumActive

Michels Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 18, 2016

Filed

Apr 25, 2016

To disclose

7 days

Affected

48state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Michels Corporation →

Michels Corporation notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident on April 16, 2016, where an employee was tricked into disclosing W-2 information for current and former employees. The data exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, and earnings/withholding info. 48 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company discovered the incident on April 18, 2016, and began mailing notices on April 27, 2016. Law enforcement was notified, and identity protection services were offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Apr 16, 2016

Begins

Apr 18, 2016

Discovered

Apr 25, 2016

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c25ae7d87abf4bda2016-04-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_9ed95ab9bfd429952016-04-27 · +2dCandidate
Oregon State AGbd_9fc818d3bb29a4d92016-04-27 · +2dVerified

Name: Michels Corporation
norm: michels
Domain: michels.us

Name: Michels Corporation
norm: michels
Domain: michels.us
Industry: Constructionllm

Discovered: Apr 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 16, 2016
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2016
Affected individuals: 48state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified state and federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified management of the disclosure
Met with Finance, HR, IT, and legal teams to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Contacted state and federal law enforcement
Cooperating with law enforcement
Reviewing internal policies and procedures to prevent any similar incident from happening again
Offering two years of identity protection services through LegalShield Inc. at no charge
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence
Working with outside subject matter experts in this investigation
Conducting a thorough review of the events surrounding this cybercrime
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 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

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Massachusetts State AGApr 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 25 · first · this page

Montana State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

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/michels-20160425.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2016
Raw hash: bc29306e5fa5c0ca08d6bc2e34c56c2b78c38fcf6afb9252ee259f162bd190d3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMichels Corporation

Victim entityMichels Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 18, 2016

Stated responseNotified management of the disclosure

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov