HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Upright Law

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 27, 2018

Filed

Jan 24, 2019

To disclose

28 days

Affected

70state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Upright Law →2 incidents on file

Upright Law notified the NH AG that a third-party vendor's database containing client PII (names, SSNs, debit account info) was accessed by an unauthorized individual between July 27-30, 2018. Upright Law determined the scope on Dec 27, 2018. 70 NH residents affected. Remediation includes credit monitoring and notifications.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 153 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jul 27, 2018

Begins

Dec 27, 2018

Discovered

Jan 24, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_ff884cd60b312e082019-01-25 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_7a2c685a40dfd1ab2019-01-28 · +4dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Upright Law
norm: upright law
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 27, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2018 – Jul 30, 2018
Undetected for: 153 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 70state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Worked to determine what information was contained in the affected database in consultation with external data privacy and cybersecurity professionals
Providing affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were impacted a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Advising affected residents whose debit account information was impacted to contact their financial institutions
Advising affected residents about the process for placing a fraud alert and/or security freeze on their credit files
Providing contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Setting up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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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New Hampshire State AGJan 24 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

California State AG+4d

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/upright-law-20190124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2019
Raw hash: af29c3662075c828009533f70582e163afa819d6be4f66e99125f2953d593673

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityUpright Law

Incidentdiscovered Dec 27, 2018

Stated responseWorked to determine what information was contained in the affected database in consultation with external data privacy and cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov