HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Professional Golfers' Association of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 27, 2019

Filed

Oct 8, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Professional Golfers' Association of America →

PGA experienced unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Dec 7-27, 2018. Discovered Aug 27, 2019. SSNs and names were accessible. 1 NH resident notified. Forensics experts engaged, law enforcement notified, 2 years credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 263 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Dec 7, 2018

Begins

Aug 27, 2019

Discovered

Oct 8, 2019

Filed

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on median

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2e0dd8f4215a6d832019-10-04 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_55ad32933fb494352019-10-04 · +4dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Professional Golfers' Association of America
norm: professional golfers association of america
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2018 – Dec 27, 2018
Undetected for: 263 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the activity
Engaged leading computer forensics experts
Undertook a comprehensive review of the impacted email accounts
Notified law enforcement
Provided individuals with two (2) years of complimentary credit monitoring services
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Confirmed and further strengthened the security of our systems, including our email accounts
Continues to review its security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 4 · first

Montana State AGOct 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/professional-golfers-association-america-20191008.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2019
Raw hash: 90500733ae8eb13aa6844bca73134bb4b35be5543dfcc968ecfc44540a5e4bf7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityProfessional Golfers' Association of America

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov