Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Joseph-Beth Enterprises LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 14, 2017

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

To disclose

10 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Joseph-Beth Enterprises LLC notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting 1 NH resident. On Feb 14, 2017, the company learned an unknown individual fraudulently obtained copies of employees' and former employees' 2016 Form W-2s via email phishing. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, and compensation data. Joseph-Beth reported the incident to local police and arranged one year of Experian identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

Feb 14, 2017

Discovered

Feb 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Warner Coleman & Goggin, A Professional Corporation
norm: warner coleman goggin a

Name: Joseph-Beth Enterprises LLC
norm: joseph beth
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 14, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reported the incident to the local police
Arranged to have Experian protect the affected individuals' identity for one year at no cost
Reviewing its internal policies and data management protocols
Implementing enhanced security measures
Changes made: Reviewing internal policies and data management protocols
Implementing enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/joseph-beth-20170224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2017
Raw hash: 62a45e04608aedf7bf3b8147a57446994e9cd0ddaa453f4764a7f4892b818f10

Reporting entityWarner Coleman & Goggin, A Professional Corporation

Victim entityJoseph-Beth Enterprises LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 14, 2017

Stated responseReported the incident to the local police

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov