HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Bergeron Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 20, 2021

Filed

Oct 8, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

115state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bergeron Financial →

Bergeron Financial notified the NH AG that an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between Dec 1-9, 2020. The breach was discovered on Aug 20, 2021, affecting ~115 NH residents with PII including SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. No evidence of misuse was found. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 262 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Dec 1, 2020

Begins

Aug 20, 2021

Discovered

Oct 8, 2021

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_9b2ba9fca70754342021-10-05 · +3dVerified

Name: Bergeron Financial
norm: bergeron financial

Name: Bergeron Financial
norm: bergeron financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2020 – Dec 9, 2020
Undetected for: 262 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 115state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices to enhance security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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 AGOct 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/bergeron-financial-20211008.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2021
Raw hash: ad1551e968bfa6f750a8635be0ce1a5370a53839373ee98b4ec4bf8bbbf40851

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBergeron Financial

Victim entityBergeron Financial

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov