Social EngineeringOtherPhishingTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumActive

VERC ENTERPRISES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2017

Filed

Jan 27, 2017

To disclose

4 days

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for VERC ENTERPRISES, INC. →

Verc Enterprises, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident where an employee was tricked into sending W-2 data (SSN, salary, DOB, address) to a spoofed email. 22 NH residents affected. Incident occurred Jan 21, 2017; discovered Jan 23. Verc engaged IT consultants and filed a police report.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 4 days

Jan 21, 2017

Begins

Jan 23, 2017

Discovered

Jan 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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_34b0498627325e2a2017-01-30 · +3dVerified

Name: Prince
norm: prince
Domain: prince.com

Name: VERC ENTERPRISES, INC.
norm: verc enterprises
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 21, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2017
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed a police report
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged IT consultant to review system for potential vulnerabilities
Filed a police report
Provided prompt notification to affected employees
Established a point person to receive inquiries
Changes made: Strengthening internal administrative and technical controls
Reviewing security process and protocols
Evaluating additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 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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New Hampshire State AGJan 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/verc-enterprises-20170127.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 27, 2017
Raw hash: abde5ce85055d70c745133833edf26abb609c885923e6dd16f0f6097724ff7e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPrince

Victim entityVERC ENTERPRISES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2017

Stated responseEngaged IT consultant to review system for potential vulnerabilities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov