HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Springstone Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2018

Filed

Dec 18, 2018

To disclose

4 days

Affected

26state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Springstone Financial →

Springstone Financial notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to web-based email accounts affecting ~26 NH residents. Data included PII, SSNs, bank info, and health data. No evidence of misuse. Actions: internal investigation, password resets, forensic retention, law enforcement contact, auth system changes, and 1-year identity protection offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Dec 14, 2018

Discovered

Dec 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ca39d3c64cf764c2018-12-19 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_18d2f7692be0d68c2018-12-14 · +4dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_635898513261d37a2018-12-14 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_e26fda87fe01aebb2018-12-14 · +4dVerified

Name: Cooley LLP
norm: cooley

Name: Springstone Financial
norm: springstone financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2018
Affected individuals: 26state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiating an internal investigation
Resetting user email account passwords
Retaining a top forensic investigator to assist
Contacted law enforcement and will cooperate in any further investigation of this incident
Changes made: Implemented changes to its authentication system
Exploring additional security changes to help prevent this type of incident from reoccurring in the future
Offering one year of complimentary identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Oregon State AGDec 14 · first

Montana State AGDec 14 · first

California State AGDec 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 14 (OR), last Dec 19 (MA) — a 5-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/springstone-financial-20181218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2018
Raw hash: d4db817c7fe13117f73c24b9e01f4095df4fe4660ea276c027f001730ce35c61

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCooley LLP

Victim entitySpringstone Financial

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2018

Stated responseInitiating an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov