Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

H.R. Allen, Inc.

bd_819a2e9a4c18614c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 14, 2022

Filed

Dec 14, 2022

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for H.R. Allen, Inc. →

H.R. Allen, Inc. notified South Carolina consumers of a data breach where employee email accounts were accessed via unauthorized means (likely phishing) between March 18 and June 16, 2022. The incident was discovered on June 14, 2022. Affected data included names and other personal information. Notices were sent starting November 29, 2022, offering one year of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 88 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Mar 18, 2022

Begins

Jun 14, 2022

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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_7b7b791d5ea7f3d42022-12-14Verified

Name: H.R. Allen, Inc.
norm: hr allen

Name: H.R. Allen, Inc.
norm: hr allen
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 14, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 18, 2022 – Jun 16, 2022
Undetected for: 88 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 29, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to assist with determining the nature and scope of the incident
Secured the email accounts
Undertook a thorough investigation
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 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 AGDec 14 · first

South Carolina State AGDec 14 · first · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/HRAllenInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2022
Raw hash: 5a1a4d7da0b997d787d3058868e4cb2c2a0172f07aa0c5b8b172ba6d351775c1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityH.R. Allen, Inc.

Victim entityH.R. Allen, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 14, 2022

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to assist with determining the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov