HackingOtherDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Acts Retirement Services, Inc. and Affiliates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

Jul 1, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Acts Retirement Services, Inc. and Affiliates →

Acts Retirement Services, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 15 NH residents. Unauthorized access to name and SSN occurred on April 29, 2022. Suspicious activity was first detected in April 2022. Forensic specialists were engaged, and 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion was offered.

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Incident timeline

Apr 29, 2022

Begins

Jul 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0175679c0948891a2022-06-27 · +4dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_35f5529ab50e17d52022-06-27 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_531bf4afdb308f642022-06-27 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f7a485fa24c047332022-06-27 · +4dVerified

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HHS OCRbd_b58cb8cce7675d072022-07-15 · +14dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Acts Retirement Services, Inc. and Affiliates
norm: acts retirement services inc and affiliates
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 27, 2022
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to further secure its systems
Investigated the identified activity with assistance from computer forensic specialists
Provided access to credit monitoring services for 12 months through TransUnion
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional measures as appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 27 · first

Maine State AGJun 27 · first

Indiana State AGJun 27 · first

Montana State AGJun 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

HHS OCR+18d

Pattern: first filing Jun 27 (MA), last Jul 15 (PA) — a 18-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/acts-retirement-services-20220701.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2022
Raw hash: 7d0d9f8ced708a02474bced1fd24b2419e295a24c6f992b4565c4313829c0be0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityActs Retirement Services, Inc. and Affiliates

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to further secure its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov