Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Goldleaf Partners Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 31, 2017

Filed

Jan 26, 2018

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Goldleaf Partners Services, Inc. →

Goldleaf Partners Services, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing campaign on Oct 31, 2017 that compromised an employee's email credentials. The incident potentially exposed names, DOBs, addresses, SSNs, and financial account info of 1 NH resident. Goldleaf engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Oct 31, 2017

Discovered

Jan 26, 2018

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_7099e1e62d3f98fa2018-01-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_a5a1706c40cad23f2018-01-26Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Goldleaf Partners Services, Inc.
norm: goldleaf partners
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 31, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the employee's email account
Launched an in-depth investigation
Engaged outside computer forensic investigators
Conducted a lengthy programmatic and manual review of the contents of the email account
Provided notice to recordkeepers associated with impacted plan participants
Provided notice to plan sponsors (employers)
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Provided access to one free year of credit and identity monitoring services through Kroll
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 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

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Massachusetts State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 26 · 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/goldleaf-parnaters-20180126.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2018
Raw hash: d57e2f919e36ffd4c268edf91597c331671f124408aa274a99d800240fe295bc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityGoldleaf Partners Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 31, 2017

Stated responseSecured the employee's email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov