HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hallier Benefit Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2019

Filed

Jan 16, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Hallier Benefit Advisors →

Hallier Benefit Advisors notified NH AG of a data incident affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred, exposing names and SSNs. Discovered Sept 26, 2019. Notifications sent Jan 15, 2020, offering 12 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Sep 26, 2019

Discovered

Jan 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Montana State AGbd_197d2c6fdb09f4c12020-01-15 · +1dCandidate

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
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Name: Hallier Benefit Advisors
norm: hallier benefit advisors
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the account
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a digital forensics firm
Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offered notified individuals twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures applicable to our email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 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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Montana State AGJan 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/hallier-benefit-advisors-20200116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 16, 2020
Raw hash: 5baa486d2241b9fda4a80d9bbce1e769af522a009834a3eac698cadcb7b8be0d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityHallier Benefit Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov