Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Carpenters Benefit Funds of Philadelphia

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 17, 2018

Filed

Sep 13, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carpenters Benefit Funds of Philadelphia →

Carpenters Benefit Funds of Philadelphia notified the NH AG of a phishing incident affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized access to employee email boxes occurred between April 23 and May 3, 2018. Data exposed included names, SSNs, and potentially health insurance info. Notification sent August 31, 2018, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 85 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Apr 23, 2018

Begins

Jul 17, 2018

Discovered

Sep 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d6e948fb0b6355f12018-09-11 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_93b1f810b0f23f1f2018-08-31 · +13dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Carpenters Benefit Funds of Philadelphia
norm: carpenters benefit funds of philadelphia
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2018 – May 3, 2018
Undetected for: 85 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Conducted an extensive manual document review
Provided written notice to affected residents
Offered complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Changes made: Made extensive changes to policies
Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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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HHS OCRAug 31 · first

Massachusetts State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (PA), last Sep 13 (NH) — a 13-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/carpenters-benefit-funds-20180913.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2018
Raw hash: be5eabeda1e2fc473f9babe0a7365f636b85513c8fe236f0799546e02884a867

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityCarpenters Benefit Funds of Philadelphia

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2018

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov