Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC (Star Title)

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 4, 2018

Filed

Nov 8, 2018

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC (Star Title) →

Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General on November 8, 2018, regarding a data incident affecting 5 NH residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account starting prior to June 4, 2018, likely via phishing. Affected data included names and bank account/routing numbers. Star Title engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Jun 4, 2018

Discovered

Nov 8, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_6174d323080e4f402018-10-30 · +9dVerified
Montana State AGbd_92e4db1d35a80b512018-10-26 · +13dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b2afafe0fa8bca2b2018-10-26 · +13dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC (Star Title)
norm: star title partners of palm harbor llc star title
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 31, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this incident
Working with third party forensic investigators
Changing the user's password
Notified federal law enforcement
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators as required by law
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and procedures
Working to implement additional safeguards
Offering access to one (1) year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGOct 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 26 (MT), last Nov 8 (NH) — 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/star-title-20181108.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2018
Raw hash: cb69bbbc4cd8bf596aef62201f7ef39bdcd45ed65f9db0649d8c70416069f11b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityStar Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC (Star Title)

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2018

Stated responseBegan an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov