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Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 24, 2016

Filed

Apr 21, 2016

To disclose

28 days

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI) →2 incidents on file

Examination Management Services, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident on March 24, 2016, where spoofed emails led to the disclosure of 2015 W-2 forms. 10 NH residents were affected. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and wage info. EMSI notified the FBI, is reviewing internal protocols, and offered 12 months of Equifax identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Mar 24, 2016

Begins

Mar 24, 2016

Discovered

Apr 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5a7780f20ae254722016-04-22 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_3353ed09a8e6b9082016-03-30 · +22dCandidate

Name: Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)
norm: examination management services inc emsi
Domain: emsinet.com

Name: Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)
norm: examination management services inc emsi
Domain: emsinet.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 24, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2016
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1598 Phishing for InformationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralCooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Cooperating with law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reviewing its internal procedures and protocols to help prevent this sort of incident from occurring again
Offering identity protection services from Equifax for 12 months from the date of the notice
Changes made: Reviewing internal procedures and protocols to help prevent this sort of incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+22d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing Mar 30 (MT), last Apr 22 (MA) — a 23-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/examination-management-20160421.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2016
Raw hash: 743f5be84d90cd68777e1db3da11a2c67b59402ba62fbfd002e59987798fdea8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityExamination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

Victim entityExamination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

Incidentdiscovered Mar 24, 2016

Stated responseCooperating with law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov