Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Combined Insurance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 2, 2020

Filed

Jul 10, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Combined Insurance →

Combined Insurance Agencies notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between Feb 19-24, 2020. Discovered May 2, 2020, the breach affected 2 NH residents, exposing names, SSNs, and PHI. CIA secured the account, engaged forensic experts, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Feb 19, 2020

Begins

May 2, 2020

Discovered

Jul 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_40165d4c4ab3caa52020-07-15 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_5dea99c66bc59b562020-07-02 · +8dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Combined Insurance
norm: combined insurance
Domain: combinedinsurance.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2020 – Feb 24, 2020
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authorization
Enhanced password management
Continue to evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 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 AGJul 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Jul 2 (IN), last Jul 15 (MA) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/combined-insurance-agencies-20200710.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2020
Raw hash: 88827c6c3a5ecc24e26fe3a10fd7dcc637368d31ffca405307005033fa367840

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityCombined Insurance

Incidentdiscovered May 2, 2020

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov