Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingBECCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Kelly Financial Group, LLC d/b/a The Kelly Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 12, 2020

Filed

Jun 19, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Kelly Financial Group (dba The Kelly Group) reported a business email compromise affecting 1 New Hampshire resident. Unauthorized access to an email account occurred May 11-13, 2020. Affected data included names and investment account numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators and provided 24 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

May 11, 2020

Begins

May 12, 2020

Discovered

Jun 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
norm: nelson mullins riley scarborough

Name: Kelly Financial Group, LLC d/b/a The Kelly Group
norm: kelly financial group llc d b a the kelly
Also named: Kelly Financial Group, LLCdba oflegal entity
The Kelly Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 12, 2020
Breach occurred: May 11, 2020 – May 13, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged an industry-leading forensic investigation firm
Used a firm to review all available data within the email account
Provided written notice
Offered twenty-four (24) months of TransUnion identity monitoring without cost
Changes made: Retained outside legal counsel
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards designed to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/kelly-financial-dba-kelly-20200619.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 19, 2020
Raw hash: 798bf05a0bede27616870b3569fa16b16f5430fd002302fb681191a0b8460501

Reporting entityNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Victim entityKelly Financial Group, LLC d/b/a The Kelly Group

Incidentdiscovered May 12, 2020

Stated responseEngaged an industry-leading forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov