Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 18, 2022

Filed

May 31, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC. →

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. notified the NH AG of a business email compromise affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred around Dec 15, 2021, discovered Jan 18, 2022. Exposed data: names and SSNs. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 12 months of Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Dec 15, 2021

Begins

Jan 18, 2022

Discovered

May 31, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_52bc14298f78c9d72022-05-27 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_7faff785d0340d942022-05-27 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ce587984650462412022-05-27 · +4dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_db4e6fd21f1d623c2022-05-27 · +4dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
norm: acorda therapeutics
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 15, 2021
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 27, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-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 Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a diligent review to identify what information was present in the affected email accounts
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Provided written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing procedures and tools to improve on existing security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMay 27 · first

Indiana State AGMay 27 · first

Maine State AGMay 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/acorda-therapeutics-20220531.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2022
Raw hash: e86b1627e2a6d9432fa8c6ac3338160430ffe5886e2efcb370bed747bb8c57ac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov