Social EngineeringTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationPhishingBECTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Mitchell International, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2016

Filed

Mar 14, 2016

To disclose

11 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mitchell International, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Mitchell International, Inc. reported a phishing incident on Feb 24, 2016, where an attacker impersonated leadership to trick an employee into disclosing SSNs, names, and salaries of 3 NH residents. Discovered March 3, 2016. Notices sent March 14, 2016. Remediation included 24 months of credit monitoring and training review.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Feb 24, 2016

Begins

Mar 3, 2016

Discovered

Mar 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_24a4835c745f2af62016-03-14Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_877d84dcab80683b2016-03-15 · +1dVerified

Name: Mitchell International, Inc.
norm: mitchell international

Name: Mitchell International, Inc.
norm: mitchell international
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2016
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2016
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Providing notice to all affected individuals
Providing twenty-four (24) months of identity protection and credit monitoring services through AllClear ID at no cost
Continuing to assess its procedures and employee training programs
Changes made: Assessing procedures and employee training programs to ensure that personal information is protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGMar 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/mitchell-international-20160314.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2016
Raw hash: 02f182727edd9e75568fe9ce980ed6f1523d23a037aad02c42c9103961799d43

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMitchell International, Inc.

Victim entityMitchell International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2016

Stated responseProviding notice to all affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov