Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Great Lakes Wealth, LLC

bd_bcba547b49662357 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 10, 2023

Filed

Oct 6, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Great Lakes Wealth, LLC →

Great Lakes Wealth, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on October 6, 2023, of a data event affecting 4 NH residents. An unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account between Dec 6, 2022, and Feb 10, 2023, likely via phishing. No misuse of personal information was found. Great Lakes offered credit monitoring via Equifax/Kroll and enhanced security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 66 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 238 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Feb 10, 2023

Discovered

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_b965b1052bdf3a9f2023-10-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d481a163d2ddffb02023-10-06Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Great Lakes Wealth, LLC
norm: great lakes wealth
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2022 – Feb 10, 2023
Undetected for: 66 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged industry-leading cybersecurity specialists
Assessed the security of its email environment
Undertaken a thorough and time-intensive review on the contents of the impacted email account
Began providing written notice of this incident to potentially impacted individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for , through Equifax to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(238 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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Indiana State AGOct 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

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Press / market report

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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/great-lakes-wealth-20231006.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2023
Raw hash: 84e1339de63f9f301bdd8cb173542ffe400aabc719a27cf79fe4ba4e01d54718

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityGreat Lakes Wealth, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov