Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MJ Insurance, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2018

Filed

Dec 31, 2018

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for MJ Insurance, Inc →

MJ Insurance reported a phishing incident on Sept 26, 2018, where an employee's email was compromised. The breach exposed PII including names, DOBs, driver's licenses, and SSNs for 1 NH resident. Notifications were mailed Dec 26, 2018. Remediation included MFA and password policy changes.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 96 days

Sep 26, 2018

Discovered

Dec 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_2fb9efcaa2528d3d2018-12-27 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_e62b2e56217dd0aa2018-12-27 · +4dCandidate

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: MJ Insurance, Inc
norm: mj insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 26, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified its IT department of the incident
Changed the employee's password and email credentials
Retained an independent computer forensics company to conduct an extensive IT investigation
Provided potentially affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Enabling multi-factor authentication for access to email accounts
Implemented longer and additional password requirements to improve password strength
Enforcing stricter cybersecurity reeducation timelines for all users
Reviewing record retention rules to ensure information is not kept any longer than necessary
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 27 · first

California State AGDec 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/mj-insurance-20181231.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2018
Raw hash: ca4f6cd66995691496d23e025537a38998ab26f019bb35b1809ddbaefebd3eb9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityMJ Insurance, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2018

Stated responseNotified its IT department of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov