HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

American Anthropological Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2021

Filed

Aug 2, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Anthropological Association →

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting one NH resident. On March 8, 2021, AAA detected suspicious activity in a user's email account. An unknown actor accessed the account between May 11, 2020, and February 23, 2021. The impacted data included name, SSN, and financial account information. AAA reported the incident to the FBI, conducted a review, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 301 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

May 11, 2020

Begins

Mar 8, 2021

Discovered

Aug 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_29ea34b58cf33bf22021-07-30 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_130ee47260eeb7eb2021-07-29 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_62f922802f0a5a3e2021-07-29 · +4dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: American Anthropological Association
norm: american anthropological
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2021
Breach occurred: May 11, 2020 – Feb 23, 2021
Undetected for: 301 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the activity to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified certain state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported the activity to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive programmatic and manual review of all emails and attachments
Began mailing written notice of this incident to potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Providing contact information for a dedicated call center
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and other state regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Took steps to further secure our systems and investigate the event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 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 · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

Maine State AGJul 29 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/arthur-j-gallagher-20210806.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2021
Raw hash: e24c0a7263cc9349476af38b80a9c91e0bbec2ae010ee5edee7f220a8b750e9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAmerican Anthropological Association

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2021

Stated responseReported the activity to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov