Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Goodspeed & Merrill

bd_acfcc7e053dca0e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 7, 2020

Filed

Jan 22, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Goodspeed & Merrill →

Goodspeed & Merrill d/b/a Rome LLC notified Montana residents of an email account compromise. Unauthorized access occurred between March 23 and August 28, 2020, likely via phishing. Personal information may have been accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered one year of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 229 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Mar 23, 2020

Begins

Nov 7, 2020

Discovered

Jan 22, 2021

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

Maine State AGbd_9f910aaefc587d412021-01-22Candidate

Name: Goodspeed & Merrill
norm: goodspeed merrill

Name: Goodspeed & Merrill
norm: goodspeed merrill
Also named: Goodspeed & Merrilldba oflegal entity
Rome LLCdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2020 – Aug 28, 2020
Undetected for: 229 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email accounts
Launched an investigation
Engaged an outside IT security firm
Removed the rule as soon as we became aware of it
Provided identity monitoring at no cost to you for a period of one year
Changes made: Enhanced password protections
Multi-factor authentication
Email encryption capabilities
Providing additional security awareness training to our staff
Enhancing our incident response
Conducting internal phishing training exercises
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 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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Maine State AGJan 22 · first

Montana State AGJan 22 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/goodSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2021
Raw hash: 80373c16ac8e7fa4753f4aad02e003c87b39d75a2e4ae0ec9200b2c9d30f59b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGoodspeed & Merrill

Victim entityGoodspeed & Merrill

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2020

Stated responseSecured the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov