Social EngineeringOtherPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Episcopal Children's Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2019

Filed

Apr 3, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Episcopal Children's Services, Inc. →

Episcopal Children's Services, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident where an unauthorized person accessed an employee's email account from Feb 6-7, 2019. Discovered Feb 25, 2019, the breach exposed one NH resident's name and SSN. ECS engaged forensic help, secured the account, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Feb 6, 2019

Begins

Feb 25, 2019

Discovered

Apr 3, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_df305756007279dc2019-04-03Verified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Episcopal Children's Services, Inc.
norm: episcopal children s
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2019
Breach occurred: Feb 6, 2019 – Feb 7, 2019
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 3, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-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: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the employee's email account
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged a computer security firm to assist
Changes made: Implementing additional email policies and procedures to strengthen its existing protections
Providing additional education and training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 3 · 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/episcopal-children-services-20190403.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 3, 2019
Raw hash: b62f16d552a0880bfe45a04ceaf362819d6e616fcc05da505ee1ac301774cf20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityEpiscopal Children's Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the employee's email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov