HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Acorn Financial Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2022

Filed

Jan 31, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Acorn Financial Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Acorn Financial Services, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee email account. The breach affected personal information, including SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers, of 2 New Hampshire residents. Acorn secured the account, launched an investigation, and provided one year of complimentary identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 162 days

Aug 22, 2022

Discovered

Oct 10, 2022

Scope determined

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_74355d7d7e90a3a82023-01-31Verified
Vermont State AGbd_a9a2f68b6077f1882023-01-31Candidate

Name: Acorn Financial Services, Inc.
norm: acorn financial

Name: Acorn Financial Services, Inc.
norm: acorn financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2022
Materiality determined: Oct 10, 2022
Notification sent: Jan 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email environment
Began an investigation
Began mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents
Offering notified individuals complimentary one-year memberships to identity monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance its existing cybersecurity protocols
Re-educating its staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(162 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 AGJan 31 · first

Vermont State AGJan 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 31 · first · 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/acorn-financial-services-20230131.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 31, 2023
Raw hash: ac6660fbff9cdca53c1e0dc39f34b50db8bb69d93f48ada348f1206f9aa11b3e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcorn Financial Services, Inc.

Victim entityAcorn Financial Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov