Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

KGA Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 6, 2016

Filed

Aug 1, 2016

To disclose

26 days

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for KGA Inc. →

KGA, Inc. reported a phishing incident where an employee was tricked into authorizing a fraudulent wire transfer. The attacker accessed the employee's email, exposing names and SSNs of 4 New Hampshire residents. KGA notified law enforcement, affected individuals, and provided 1 year of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jul 6, 2016

Discovered

Aug 1, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c8c45f57953f6b82016-08-01Verified

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

Name: KGA Inc.
norm: kga
Domain: kgreer.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 6, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 1, 2016
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Notified the affected individuals
Offered identity protection services for one year at no cost to them through AllClear ID
Changes made: Strengthening its IT systems
Requiring two-factor authentication for all services that may contain sensitive information
Resetting all user passwords
Conducting training for all staff on cybersecurity issues including, physical security, securing mobile devices, recognizing a phishing scam, password management, two-factor authentication, and social engineering
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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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Massachusetts State AGAug 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 1 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kga-20160801.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2016
Raw hash: 7e424371417dfc8e5ecd696085784ffc6618379ff39023bc9cb75d0d8c7a6073

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityKGA Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 6, 2016

Stated responseNotified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov