HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

The Bernard Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2025

Filed

Jul 21, 2026

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Bernard Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

The Bernard Group, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized access occurred around Dec 10, 2025, involving copying of files containing name, SSN, driver's license, and financial account info. TBG engaged cybersecurity specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

Dec 10, 2025

Begins

Jul 21, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Nebraska State AGbd_a8e6c059ce9892f22026-07-20 · +1dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The Bernard Group, Inc.
norm: the bernard
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of cybersecurity specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Conducted a comprehensive review of the potentially affected files
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (1) months through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice of this incident to the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Evaluate and enhance our existing technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(225 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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Nebraska State AGJul 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/bernard-group-20260721.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2026
Raw hash: cca425d4fde03dec2c7257d700aeef2f4f0a8fa624efdba5b4ff8e9326978bd7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe Bernard Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov