Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

DiFilippo Corporate Finance Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2017

Filed

Feb 2, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for DiFilippo Corporate Finance Group, Inc. →

DiFilippo Corporate Finance Group, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred Dec 5-14, 2017, exposing names and SSNs. Discovery was Dec 14, 2017. Notifications sent Feb 2, 2018. Remediation included password resets, security enhancements, employee training, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Dec 5, 2017

Begins

Dec 14, 2017

Discovered

Feb 2, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: THOMPSON COBURN LLP
norm: thompson coburn
Domain: thompsoncoburn.com

Name: DiFilippo Corporate Finance Group, Inc.
norm: difilippo corporate finance
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2017 – Dec 14, 2017
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure the account
Hired an independent computer forensic firm to assist with investigating this matter
Passwords to all employee e-mail accounts were changed
Implemented additional e-mail security enhancements
Provided additional training to employees on recognizing and appropriately responding to suspicious emails and other security threats
Offered credit monitoring and identity restoration services free of charge for one year through AllClear ID
Changes made: Implemented additional e-mail security enhancements
Provided additional training to employees on recognizing and appropriately responding to suspicious emails and other security threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 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/difilippo-20180202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2018
Raw hash: b199081fdca7aa6f3a980e1a5d62c870dc260ed519a60ab6adfa72796914344f

Reporting entityTHOMPSON COBURN LLP

Victim entityDiFilippo Corporate Finance Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2017

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov