Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsFinancialMediumContained

Eshel, Aminov & Partners LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2019

Filed

Jul 8, 2020

To disclose

14 months

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Eshel, Aminov & Partners LLP →

Eshel, Aminov & Partners LLP, an accounting firm, reported a business email compromise incident occurring between March 10 and May 20, 2019. The attacker gained access via phishing. Six New Hampshire residents were potentially affected, with data including SSNs and financial info at risk. Notification was sent July 8, 2020. Remediation included credential resets and enhanced email security.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 425 days

Mar 10, 2019

Begins

May 10, 2019

Discovered

Jul 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+52 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_18132ad5b5c711f42020-07-08Verified
California State AGbd_35c1b57104e588472020-07-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4c7c4452dee5c8442020-07-08Verified

Name: Eshel, Aminov & Partners LLP
norm: eshel aminov
Domain: eshelcpa.com
Industry: Accounting and Financial Services

Name: Eshel, Aminov & Partners LLP
norm: eshel aminov
Domain: eshelcpa.com
Industry: Accounting and Financial Services
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 10, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2019 – May 20, 2019
Undetected for: 61 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Resetting Eshel Aminov employees’ access credentials through a “global” firm-wide password reset
Implementing additional layers of security to Eshel Aminov’s email platform
Reviewing the ways confidential information is transmitted within the firm
Established a new “client portal” for secure transfer of data
Hiring a third-party vendor to organize and process Eshel Aminov client mailing data
Hiring a third-party vendor to arrange for any potentially affected individuals to receive credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Resetting employees’ access credentials to ensure our systems are secure
Implementing additional layers of security to our email platform
Reviewing the way that confidential information is transmitted within the firm
Established a new “client portal” for the secure transfer of data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(425 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJul 8 · first

California State AGJul 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 8 · 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/eshel-aminov-partners-llp-20200708.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2020
Raw hash: fe8d2fc3eb8725aeb2e20b386b1ad638fdbb47bf21e657a747047f538f500866

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEshel, Aminov & Partners LLP

Victim entityEshel, Aminov & Partners LLP

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2019

Stated responseResetting Eshel Aminov employees’ access credentials through a “global” firm-wide password reset

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov