Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingBECEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Allied Minds, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

To disclose

11 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Allied Minds, Inc. →

Allied Minds, LLC experienced a phishing incident on February 13, 2017, where an employee inadvertently released W-2 tax information for one New Hampshire resident. The data included name, SSN, wages, and taxes withheld. The company notified the affected individual and law enforcement, and provided 24 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

Feb 13, 2017

Begins

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Feb 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

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_b892025cea86ae142017-02-24Verified

Name: Allied Minds, Inc.
norm: allied minds
Domain: alliedminds.com

Name: Allied Minds, Inc.
norm: allied minds
Domain: alliedminds.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 13, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of Attorney General Joseph Foster
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified affected individuals by email of the incident
Recommended actions they could take to protect themselves, such as placing a fraud alert on their credit reports and filing a Form 14039 with the IRS
Gave written notice and made available to all affected individuals 24 months of identity protection services from LifeLock, at no cost to such individuals
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Undertaking a review of its systems to help guard against a similar incident occurring in the future
Changes made: Conducting an internal review of our systems to help further protect against similar attacks in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
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 AGFeb 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 24 · first · this page

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Leak-site claim

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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/allied-minds-20170224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2017
Raw hash: 8095e4c3cdacb345e580136aa5ac66791f3b833e4e4e23cefc64520a36dbf526

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAllied Minds, Inc.

Victim entityAllied Minds, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseNotified affected individuals by email of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov