Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

CCT Technologies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2018

Filed

Apr 9, 2018

To disclose

5 days

Affected

89state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CCT Technologies, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Control Technologies, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident on Feb 22, 2018, discovered Apr 4, 2018. Forged emails from a fake executive compromised an employee account, exposing names, SSNs, addresses, and earnings of ~89 NH residents. CTI blocked emails, engaged law enforcement (FBI), and offered 1 year of Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 41 days

discovery → filing · 5 days

Feb 22, 2018

Begins

Apr 4, 2018

Discovered

Apr 9, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed89 affectedView incident

Name: Gravel & Shea PC
norm: gravel shea

Name: CCT Technologies, Inc.
norm: cct technologies
Domain: ccttechnologies.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2018
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified the FBIAdvised state and federal taxing authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted its IT Manager who blocked the emails
Contacted the authorities
Began running deep scans and reviewing its systems
Notified the FBI and the credit agencies
Advised state and federal taxing authorities and law enforcement
Sent impacted residents individual letters via email
Offered a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewing and revising policies and procedures
Enhancing the security protocols on their servers
Introducing encryption protocol to protect email content
Continuing employee training designed to help identify and properly report potential email phishing scams
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 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/control-technologies-20180409.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2018
Raw hash: d95d2cad384d7903d0c5b93e732617266504df6f602ee6b5c34d4d44de2efd8a

Reporting entityGravel & Shea PC

Victim entityCCT Technologies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2018

Stated responseContacted its IT Manager who blocked the emails

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov