Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingBECEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Santa Rosa Consulting Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 8, 2016

Filed

Jun 13, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Santa Rosa Consulting Inc. →

Santa Rosa Consulting Inc. experienced a business email compromise (BEC) via email spoofing on May 8, 2016. An employee received a fraudulent request purporting to be from the CEO and disclosed W-2 information (names, addresses, SSNs, wage data) for one New Hampshire resident. The incident was discovered on the same day. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified counsel, and provided two years of identity monitoring to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 8, 2016

Begins

May 8, 2016

Discovered

Jun 13, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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_70243766372be4f42016-06-09 · +4dVerified

Name: Santa Rosa Consulting Inc.
norm: santa rosa consulting

Name: Santa Rosa Consulting Inc.
norm: santa rosa consulting
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 8, 2016
Breach occurred: May 8, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 27, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph Foster, Office of the Attorney General, New HampshireProvided notice to other states' officials if required by those states' laws
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified cybersecurity counsel, Butzel Long
Engaged Kroll to provide employees with written notice
Provided access to a call center to address questions
Provided two years of identity monitoring services at no charge
Sent notification to all affected employees on May 27, 2016
Conducted independent forensic analysis
Changes made: Engaged appropriate experts to assist in conducting a review of security practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 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 AGJun 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/santa-rosa-consulting-20160613.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2016
Raw hash: 55578db9b3bff0efedcec25ebd91c63412fe3ba3f98d7b334d8a42b61d3de54d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySanta Rosa Consulting Inc.

Victim entitySanta Rosa Consulting Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2016

Stated responseNotified cybersecurity counsel, Butzel Long

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov