PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

CNG Financial Corporation Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2018

Filed

Aug 3, 2018

To disclose

18 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CNG Financial Corporation Inc →

CNG Financial Corporation, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident involving the loss of a USB drive containing customer PII (names, addresses, SSNs, loan info). The drive was mailed to a third-party auditor on July 11, 2018, and reported missing on July 16, 2018, after delivery in a damaged state. One NH resident was affected. CNG offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jul 11, 2018

Begins

Jul 16, 2018

Discovered

Aug 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_35e34a31ccfff62d2018-08-15 · +12dVerified
California State AGbd_46c31a8c89a141252018-08-15 · +12dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7a724efa746b2d232018-08-15 · +12dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_7e6143764786e1a12018-08-28 · +25dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: CNG Financial Corporation Inc
norm: cng financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 11, 2018 – Jul 16, 2018
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding notice to other state regulators
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of UPS
Offering affected individuals complimentary access to one year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services through AllClear
Providing potentially affected individuals with information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice to other state regulators
Changes made: Working to enhance its own security measures
Providing training and education to its employees to prevent similar future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 3 · first · this page

Montana State AG+12d

California State AG+12d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

South Carolina State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (NH), last Aug 28 (SC) — a 25-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/cng-financial-20180830.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2018
Raw hash: 3054710aef7b84463123d0e790c0a15e3d6ebc52f9a5d56c53268e8cf36b9e7d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCNG Financial Corporation Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of UPS

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov