HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 19, 2020

Filed

Jun 8, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. →

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between March 6-9, 2020. One NH resident's name and SSN were exposed. KB Administrators engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered 12 months of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Mar 6, 2020

Begins

Mar 19, 2020

Discovered

Jun 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_ea9c8258ef54a4212020-06-11 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2fb0763f38e745652020-07-01 · +23dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1258ea984d77e4872020-07-06 · +28dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.
norm: karr barth administrators
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2020 – Mar 9, 2020
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer specialists
Began a thorough review of the contents of the email account
Initiating a password reset
Reviewing the contents of the email account for sensitive information
Notifying business partners associated with that sensitive information
Provided notice of this incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards including multifactor authentication for all employees
Training to its employees that focuses on data privacy threats involving email
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Conducting additional workforce training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 8 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+23d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Jun 8 (NH), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 28-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/karr-barth-administrators-20200608.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 8, 2020
Raw hash: 64b40133631144d90e66eba6d99702b7cf8e114d2c0dfb491abb05f1e961fd96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityKarr Barth Administrators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov