HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 8, 2017

Filed

Jun 15, 2017

To disclose

7 days

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP →

Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to its tax program system between May 1-3, 2017, discovered June 8, 2017. 7 NH residents affected. Data included names, DOBs, SSNs, and financial account info. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 38 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

May 1, 2017

Begins

Jun 8, 2017

Discovered

Jun 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_200d1b6281d41afe2017-06-15Verified
California State AGbd_68ebc603de2643562017-06-20 · +5dCandidate

Name: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
norm: troutman pepper hamilton sanders
Domain: troutman.com

Name: Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 8, 2017
Breach occurred: May 1, 2017 – May 3, 2017
Undetected for: 38 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2017
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified IRSNotified Franchise Tax BoardNotified FBINotified local law enforcementNotified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted local IT firm who disabled remote access
Notified the IRS and Franchise Tax Board
Notified local law enforcement
Hired a specialized forensic IT firm
Notified the FBI
Notified all three credit bureaus
Notified applicable state agencies
Changes made: Reviewing office policies and procedures to ensure all security measures are taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Hired IT specialists to determine what happened
Providing credit monitoring for one year through Epiq to all potentially affected individuals
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 15 · first · this page

California State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (MA), last Jun 20 (CA) — a 5-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/sadd-velazquez-higashi-shammaa-20170615.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 15, 2017
Raw hash: 1f2ef8e5a1f7bf3704ecf91c02aff1292c3c3579889eb02711c98d82c20ebab0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Victim entitySadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jun 8, 2017

Stated responseContacted local IT firm who disabled remote access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov