MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

Jun 3, 2022

To disclose

18 months

Affected

177state residents only

Linked

24 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Supplemental notice to NH AG regarding a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Netgain Technologies affecting Perkins & Co. Unauthorized access occurred Nov 8 - Dec 3, 2020. Data types include names, SSNs, and financial account info. 177 NH residents affected. Ransom paid by vendor. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 18 months / 547 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

Jun 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+59 wks slower

This filing is one of 24 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +7dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +7dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ea38731c50620c8e2022-05-27 · +7dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f2d5e0dbc45e8b312022-05-27 · +7dVerified by operator

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Delaware State AGbd_ba5d30aabab3a1412022-05-26 · +8dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +70dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +73dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +122dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +126dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_34547222686041932021-05-04 · +395dVerified

Showing first 10 of 23 linked disclosures.

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 177state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Third party: via Netgain Technologies
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Providing potentially impacted individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX for twelve (12) months
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Providing individuals with information on how to obtain a free credit report
Encouragement to contact the Federal Trade Commission, their state Attorney General, and law enforcement to report attempted or actual identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Partnered with an outside data mining vendor to determine precisely what and whose personal information may have been impacted
Netgain implemented additional advanced threat protection tools
Netgain reset passwords
Netgain reviewed and restricted access rights
Netgain hardened network security rules and protocols
Perkins is retaining an expert consultant to help provide our firm and clients with an even higher level of data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(547 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGMay 4 · first

Delaware State AG+387d

Maine State AG+388d

Delaware State AG+388d

Oregon State AG+388d

New Hampshire State AG+395d · this page

Maine State AG+465d

New Hampshire State AG+468d

Maine State AG+517d

New Hampshire State AG+521d

Pattern: first filing May 4 (OR), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 521-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 23 — the full spread may be wider.

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/perkins-20220603.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2022
Raw hash: 7fd8a74acd17d834e70cbfaccf6000b4e7fd27448bb82473b2cdd7ee734f317d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseProviding potentially impacted individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX for twelve (12) months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov