Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Strafaci & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 17, 2016

Filed

May 3, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Strafaci & Associates →

Strafaci & Associates notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident on May 2, 2016. An employee responded to a phishing email on March 17, 2016, compromising client PII including SSNs and driver's licenses. Two NH residents were notified. Strafaci engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Mar 17, 2016

Discovered

May 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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_ddf7591fc9e1e20d2016-05-03Verified

Name: BakerHostetler LLP
norm: bakerhostetler

Name: Strafaci & Associates
norm: strafaci associates
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 2, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Reset passwords
Engaged an outside forensic firm to assist in the investigation
Offering affected individuals one year of complimentary identity monitoring services from Kroll
Changes made: All Strafaci employees have been reeducated regarding phishing emails
Reviewing enhancements for strengthening user login authentications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 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 AGMay 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 3 · 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/strafaci-associates-20160503.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2016
Raw hash: b2c4a1eae9834e84bdf8f249bbf2fade05cf6a126d0ce513353edb0567830235

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBakerHostetler LLP

Victim entityStrafaci & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2016

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov