MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialPCIPHIMediumContained

Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 16, 2017

Filed

Apr 14, 2017

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC →

Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware attack discovered on January 16, 2017. An unknown person remotely accessed a server containing potentially sensitive data for three New Hampshire residents, including names, SSNs, financial account numbers, and health insurance numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and isolated the server. No evidence of data acquisition was found, but the possibility could not be ruled out. Affected individuals were offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Jan 16, 2017

Discovered

Apr 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19526840f2a088512017-04-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_dac539d37393ec872017-04-14Candidate

Name: Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC
norm: johnson hearn vinegar gee
Domain: jhvglaw.com

Name: Johnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC
norm: johnson hearn vinegar gee
Domain: jhvglaw.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 16, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialPCIPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph Foster, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire

During the incident: Began an investigation
Reset passwords
Removed the server from the system
Began using a back-up of their system
Engaged a leading forensic firm
Notified three New Hampshire residents
Offering affected individuals a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's IdentityWorks
Changes made: Enhanced the security of their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 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 AGApr 14 · first

Montana State AGApr 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 14 · first · 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/johnson-hearn-vinegar-gee-20170414.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2017
Raw hash: 297a6b1d2c45b48be62bf29de46537b208baf36695c24b84a6b7da4668344b4c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJohnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC

Victim entityJohnson, Hearn, Vinegar & Gee, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 16, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov