HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

H. Carson Smith, IV, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 15, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for H. Carson Smith, IV, P.C. →

H. Carson Smith, IV, P.C., a law firm, notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized individual may have accessed a firm email account on October 2, 2018. The investigation, which concluded on March 6, 2019, determined that the account contained the full name and Social Security number of one New Hampshire resident, and possibly their driver's license or passport number. The firm is offering one year of credit monitoring and has set up a response line. The investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

Oct 2, 2018

Begins

Apr 15, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_aad3029562d6b6002019-04-10 · +5dVerified

Name: H. Carson Smith, IV, P.C.
norm: h carson smith iv

Name: H. Carson Smith, IV, P.C.
norm: h carson smith iv
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 2, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 10, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Providing contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 10 (MA), last Apr 15 (NH) — a 5-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/h-carson-smith-20190415.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2019
Raw hash: 0038ed1d40a1f5992e6ddbb8855533a60e58a8ac32211dc0884d695c2ee41a5a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityH. Carson Smith, IV, P.C.

Victim entityH. Carson Smith, IV, P.C.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov