Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Abeles and Hoffman, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2017

Filed

Feb 13, 2018

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Abeles and Hoffman, P.C. →2 incidents on file

Abeles & Hoffman P.C. notified the NH AG of a spear-phishing attack affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized access to email occurred Sept 26-28, 2017. Data included name and SSN. No evidence of actual acquisition. Remediation included MFA and email encryption.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 138 days

Sep 26, 2017

Begins

Sep 28, 2017

Discovered

Feb 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Abeles and Hoffman, P.C.
norm: abeles and hoffman
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 28, 2017
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2017 – Sep 28, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 13, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reset log-in credentials
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all email accounts
An independent cybersecurity forensic firm was engaged to analyze the incident
Changes made: Encryption of all outgoing mail
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(138 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/abeles-20180213.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 13, 2018
Raw hash: b67c41b35c39e13e446f78203708f295f828e8d99007775ac93e73beec02d2c9

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityAbeles and Hoffman, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 28, 2017

Stated responseReset log-in credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov