MisuseProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The McKeogh Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 26, 2019

Filed

Oct 15, 2019

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

150state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The McKeogh Company →

The McKeogh Company notified the NH Attorney General that a former employee retained documents containing names, DOBs, and SSNs of AMETEK pension plan participants after departure. McKeogh recovered the data, confirmed via forensic search and affidavit that it was not retained or misused, and notified ~150 NH residents. Remediation includes policy review and 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Jun 26, 2019

Discovered

Oct 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_aa1d23fd05b62d542019-10-15Verified
Montana State AGbd_f295f71e5def69d82019-10-09 · +6dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The McKeogh Company
norm: the mckeogh
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 26, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2019
Affected individuals: 150state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Began the process of identifying which documents were retained by the former employee
Worked to secure the documents and recovered the information from the former McKeogh employee
Obtained an Affidavit confirming that the information was not retained, transferred to a third-party, or used for any other purposes
Had a third-party forensic firm search the former employee's computer and external data storage devices to confirm nothing was retained or transferred to a third-party
Began mailing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months, through Kroll
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Review its policies and procedures related to safeguarding information in its care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 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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Montana State AGOct 9 · first

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (MT), last Oct 15 (NH) — a 6-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/mckeogh-company-20191015.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2019
Raw hash: b4f57a9e20a9cf329425e91d4e92973b3ddd3bb0d3317476bb32baa22df60c8b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe McKeogh Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 26, 2019

Stated responseBegan the process of identifying which documents were retained by the former employee

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov