HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Gershman Investment Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2021

Filed

May 17, 2022

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gershman Investment Corp →2 incidents on file

Gershman Investment Corp. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a September 2021 cyber incident affecting approximately two NH residents. Personal information (names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers) was copied or viewed between Sept 7-22, 2021. Discovery occurred in late Dec 2021. Notifications were sent in May 2022. Response included law enforcement notification, system security measures, and one year of credit monitoring via Epiq/TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 85 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Sep 7, 2021

Begins

Dec 1, 2021

Discovered

May 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 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

Indiana State AGbd_04c3af035b35aece2022-05-13 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1bbb0dec969aa1fc2022-05-13 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_4d082a0df049eb372022-05-13 · +4dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_8df5ec71a7f530222022-05-13 · +4dVerified

Name: Gershman Investment Corp
norm: gershman investment

Name: Gershman Investment Corp
norm: gershman investment
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2021 – Sep 22, 2021
Undetected for: 85 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement regarding the incidentproviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Took steps to secure its systems
Developing and implementing additional security measures
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the incident
Providing potentially impacted individuals access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Epiq, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice of this incident to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards
Reviewed our existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 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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Indiana State AGMay 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 13 · first

Montana State AGMay 13 · first

Maine State AGMay 13 · 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/gershman-investment-20220517.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 17, 2022
Raw hash: b3f0f653752ccfad886cdfa2def6e7fca5cc89cf4036065eb28f4e7a1c119b96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGershman Investment Corp

Victim entityGershman Investment Corp

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov