Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

THE HORTON GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2017

Filed

Dec 6, 2017

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE HORTON GROUP, INC. →

The Horton Group, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized actors accessed email accounts between June 2 and Sept 13, 2017, obtaining names and SSNs. Horton engaged forensic investigators, notified clients/individuals, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 81 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 106 days

Jun 2, 2017

Begins

Aug 22, 2017

Discovered

Dec 6, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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_16d7a2d45be8e57a2017-12-06Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: THE HORTON GROUP, INC.
norm: the horton
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 2, 2017 – Sep 13, 2017
Undetected for: 81 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2017
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: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Working with third-party forensic investigators to determine the full nature and scope of the event
Manual and programmatic review of the impacted accounts
Worked with its business partners to obtain address information
Providing written notice to potentially affected individuals
Offering complimentary access to one (1) year of credit and identity monitoring services through ID Experts
Changes made: Educate our employees about phishing scams
Ensure the ongoing security of our networks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(106 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 AGDec 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 6 · 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/horton-group-20171206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2017
Raw hash: ecc059052099dc84d997afd0ba16e93b4e79faf29896c82487b5bb928d531b13

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityTHE HORTON GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov