HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Maloney & Kennedy, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 15, 2017

Filed

Mar 29, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

533state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Maloney & Kennedy, PLLC →

Maloney & Kennedy, PLLC notified NH AG of a breach discovered Feb 15, 2017, where an unknown third party filed client tax returns using compromised PII (names, SSNs, tax info). 533 NH residents affected. Notifications sent March 29, 2017, offering 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 15, 2017

Discovered

Mar 29, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_43c3345c35e9f8bf2017-03-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_af02b280fa7aa5a82017-03-29Verified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Maloney & Kennedy, PLLC
norm: maloney kennedy
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 15, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2017
Affected individuals: 533state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted the IRS
Retained computer experts to investigate
Took steps to inform all affected individuals
Instituting additional security protocols
Changes made: Instituting additional security protocols
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
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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Montana State AGMar 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 29 · 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/maloney-kennedy-20170329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2017
Raw hash: be5571ec0482ca71a2333c3db77708d749e93e09508a43522d0ff571bacbd077

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityMaloney & Kennedy, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 15, 2017

Stated responseContacted the IRS

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov