Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Island Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Sep 29, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Island Institute →

Island Institute notified NH AG of unauthorized access to two employee email accounts caused by phishing. Access occurred May 16-June 15, 2020. Incident discovered Aug 4, 2020. 20 NH residents affected with names, SSNs, and financial account numbers. Notifications mailed Sept 28, 2020. MFA implemented and training conducted.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

May 16, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e1b1d7dd9f680de2020-09-28 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d3b23eef876b2aed2020-09-28 · +1dCandidate

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: The Island Institute
norm: the island institute
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 4, 2020
Breach occurred: May 16, 2020 – Jun 15, 2020
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
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: Reset the passwords to the accounts
Launched an investigation
Conducted a comprehensive review of the emails and attachments
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection service through Kroll
Providing a call center for the individuals to call with questions
Changes made: Implemented multifactor authentication on all users' email accounts
Conducted additional training for its employees concerning data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 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 AGSep 28 · first

Maine State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/island-institute-20200929.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 29, 2020
Raw hash: f6978444d6cebcd824ed51c1347eb10043732eda4fb545d03b97acc4e45ed9f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityThe Island Institute

Incidentdiscovered Aug 4, 2020

Stated responseReset the passwords to the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov