Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WithumSmith+Brown, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 10, 2018

Filed

Apr 25, 2018

To disclose

15 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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WithumSmith+Brown, PC notified New Hampshire AG of a phishing incident on April 10, 2018, where an unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account. One NH resident's name, address, and SSN were potentially compromised. The firm engaged forensic experts and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Apr 10, 2018

Discovered

Apr 25, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bde2b930199daf1e2018-04-25Verified

Name: WithumSmith+Brown, PC
norm: withumsmith brown

Name: WithumSmith+Brown, PC
norm: withumsmith brown
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 10, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Launched an investigation with computer forensic experts
Changes made: Reviewing its policies and procedures
Increasing security for remote access to its systems
Implementing measures to protect against phishing emails
Adding additional data loss protection measures throughout its email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 25 · 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/withumsmith-brown-20180425.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2018
Raw hash: c6312739ca714043feb0d3f69611dc2f70dabb1e936983e38d54dfc995147d42

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWithumSmith+Brown, PC

Victim entityWithumSmith+Brown, PC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 10, 2018

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov