Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PIIMediumResolved

Abeles and Hoffman, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

Aug 29, 2022

To disclose

12 months

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Abeles and Hoffman, P.C. →2 incidents on file

Abeles and Hoffman, P.C. notified the NH AG of a breach affecting 5 NH residents. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred on or about July 29, 2021, via phishing. Data exposed included names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, credit card numbers, passport numbers, financial account numbers, and medical/insurance info. Notification sent August 23, 2022.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 12 months / 370 days

Jul 29, 2021

Begins

Aug 24, 2021

Discovered

Aug 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_35a74e9ff94949552022-08-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_98ddf41f71a9135f2022-08-23 · +6dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_a379df5a010595252022-08-23 · +6dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Abeles and Hoffman, P.C.
norm: abeles and hoffman
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 29, 2021
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged independent third-party forensic and incident response experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Took steps to secure and remove unauthorized access from email accounts
Provided free access to credit monitoring services for one year through Cyberscout
Provided guidance on ways to protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies
Encouraged contact with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing any necessary additional safeguards
Enhancing and improving policies and procedures related to data protection
Improving cybersecurity infrastructure
Further training employees on best practices to minimize likelihood of incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 months(370 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGAug 23 · first

Indiana State AGAug 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (ME), last Aug 29 (NH) — a 6-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/abeles-hoffman-20220829.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2022
Raw hash: 4bbcce6bc23ae3c7d42e3c3e5915d55f1320089d0708819cbdd0f169f045614a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityAbeles and Hoffman, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2021

Stated responseEngaged independent third-party forensic and incident response experts to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov