Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Hartwell Financial Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2022

Filed

Dec 14, 2022

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hartwell Financial Group →

Hartwell Financial Services notified the NH AG of a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account containing PII (SSN, driver's license, financial account numbers) starting August 12, 2022. Two NH residents were affected. Notifications were mailed December 13, 2022, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 124 days

Aug 12, 2022

Discovered

Oct 14, 2022

Scope determined

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Hartwell Financial Group
norm: hartwell financial
Domain: hartwellfinancialgroup.com

Name: Hartwell Financial Group
norm: hartwell financial
Domain: hartwellfinancialgroup.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2022
Materiality determined: Oct 14, 2022
Notification sent: Dec 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Began an investigation
Began mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents
Offering notified individuals a complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance its existing email controls
Re-educating our staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(124 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/hartwell-financial-20221214.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: 950e3b6e1927fdf79cfc6d7e3cf92e8f66875b66fed7a6db6f8ce54d4d397251

Reporting entityHartwell Financial Group

Victim entityHartwell Financial Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov