Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Abel HR

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 26, 2018

Filed

Apr 29, 2019

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Abel HR →

Abel HR notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred Nov 11-26, 2018, discovered Nov 26, 2018. Data exposed: names, SSNs, passport numbers. No confirmation of data acquisition. Remediation: credential reset, forensic investigation, credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 154 days

Nov 11, 2018

Begins

Nov 26, 2018

Discovered

Apr 29, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_37f08c412cfd11a92019-04-26 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_5c3cce2fae03f9ad2019-04-26 · +3dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Abel HR
norm: abel hr
Domain: abelhr.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 26, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 11, 2018 – Nov 26, 2018
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the password for the account
Launched an investigation with assistance from an outside computer forensics specialist
Changed the login credentials for the impacted email account
Providing access to credit monitoring and identity protection services for one year through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing information security procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(154 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

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGApr 26 · first

California State AGApr 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/abel-hr-20190429.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2019
Raw hash: 4e82b17dbe00615f8a1f570c1204de266ef6c3d1efc592651785134be765c8cd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAbel HR

Incidentdiscovered Nov 26, 2018

Stated responseChanged the password for the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov