HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Brody Wilkinson P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2020

Filed

Sep 28, 2020

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Brody Wilkinson P.C. →2 incidents on file

Brody Wilkinson PC notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Jan 29 and Feb 6, 2020. Investigation concluded Sep 2, 2020, revealing names, SSNs, and driver's licenses of 4 NH residents. Actor likely sought financial gain via wire fraud. Notifications sent Sep 22, 2020, including credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 235 days

Jan 29, 2020

Begins

Feb 6, 2020

Discovered

Sep 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_906b625d38b1190b2020-09-23 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_625875429f5f97642020-09-22 · +6dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Brody Wilkinson P.C.
norm: brody wilkinson
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 29, 2020 – Feb 6, 2020
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised affected residents about placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards designed to prevent a recurrence of any similar incident
Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information with the advice of technology security professionals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(235 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 AGSep 22 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 22 (MT), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 6-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/brody-wilkinson-pc-20200928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2020
Raw hash: 0778b713ae04055d2f40d2738deb960743978f8345d59604620c2b482dd609d9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityBrody Wilkinson P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov