HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowActive

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 20, 2016

Filed

Jul 19, 2016

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) →

IMA notified NH AG of a third-party vendor (Comnet) breach. Unauthorized access occurred April 23-24, 2016. One NH resident's PII and credit card data potentially exposed. IMA terminated vendor and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 58 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Apr 23, 2016

Begins

Jun 20, 2016

Discovered

Jul 19, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Part of Comnet Marketing Group supply-chain incident (2016) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0f57a905def4fe9b2016-07-20 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_06eb734befcbe41e2016-07-21 · +2dVerified

Name: Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
norm: institute of management accountants ima

Name: Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
norm: institute of management accountants ima
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2016 – Apr 24, 2016
Undetected for: 58 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1074 Data StagedT1070 Indicator Removal
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Comnet hired experts to assist in the investigation and response
Comnet referred this matter to appropriate law enforcement
IMA terminated its relationship with Comnet
Established a call center for customers
Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax
Changes made: Terminated relationship with vendor Comnet
Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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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New Hampshire State AGJul 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/ima-20160719.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 19, 2016
Raw hash: 39c396d71c8c0f4ead01a1605264de91a5ebb38970190200ee7304da4a3ec16b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInstitute of Management Accountants (IMA)

Victim entityInstitute of Management Accountants (IMA)

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2016

Stated responseComnet hired experts to assist in the investigation and response

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov