HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Coghlin Electrical Contractors

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 20, 2021

Filed

Oct 8, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,04053 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Coghlin Electrical Contractors →

Coghlin Electrical Contractors notified the NH AG of a breach affecting 2,040 current/former employees. Unauthorized access occurred July 19, 2021; discovered July 20. Data included SSNs, DOBs, addresses, and passport IDs. 53 NH residents affected. Notices mailed Sept 30, 2021. Credit monitoring offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Jul 19, 2021

Begins

Jul 20, 2021

Discovered

Oct 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by avoslocker about this victim predates this filing by 41 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_47609261e22338942021-08-28 · +41dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_be5642dae0ba01f92021-10-10 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3ce5dd25d032b9972021-10-05 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_21fb94cfe25763682021-09-30 · +8dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_995f5d26eb1cbe122021-01-01 · +280dCandidate

Name: Coghlin Electrical Contractors
norm: coghlin electrical contractors

Name: Coghlin Electrical Contractors
norm: coghlin electrical contractors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 19, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,040state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation
Changed passwords
Alerted law enforcement
Retained a leading privacy and security firm
Began working to restore its systems
Reported the Incident to appropriate law enforcement authorities
Implemented measures to further improve the security of our systems and practices
Worked with a leading privacy and security firm to aid in our investigation and response
Changes made: Provided Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring and cyber monitoring services at no charge for twenty-four (24) months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+272d

Massachusetts State AG+277d

New Hampshire State AG+280d · this page

Maine State AG+282d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Oct 10 (ME) — a 282-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/coghlin-electrical-contractors-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: e42ae3f41e3e3fdc14c23fd13dfaecc5f956370a0d939722e91d3102cd182a73

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCoghlin Electrical Contractors

Victim entityCoghlin Electrical Contractors

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2021

Stated responseBegan an investigation

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov