HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Garfield & Hecht

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2022

Filed

Nov 21, 2022

To disclose

20 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Garfield & Hecht →

Garfield & Hecht, P.C. notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized network access occurring between Oct 31 and Nov 14, 2021. The firm discovered personal information, including names, SSNs, and bank account details, was exfiltrated from approximately 5 NH residents. Notification to residents began Nov 11, 2022, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 366 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Oct 31, 2021

Begins

Nov 1, 2022

Discovered

Nov 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_80785736693828782022-11-15 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ecacddef719e55bf2022-11-15 · +6dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_2a86c2a05ba6df662022-11-11 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_bd8ca53745e3c9552022-11-10 · +11dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Garfield & Hecht
norm: garfield hecht
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 31, 2021 – Nov 14, 2021
Undetected for: 366 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were impacted complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 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 AGNov 10 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 10 (MT), last Nov 21 (NH) — a 11-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/garfield-hecht-20221121.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2022
Raw hash: 215b27163b130d203ef2c02f3a011e62ef9c1cecdf25fd304d40f2519c20a203

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityGarfield & Hecht

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov