Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2018

Filed

Oct 24, 2018

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

158state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group →

Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting employee email accounts hosted by a third-party provider. Unauthorized access occurred June 5-13, 2018. PII of 158 NH residents (names, SSNs, financial account info) was exposed. RenPSG engaged forensic experts, reset credentials, implemented MFA, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Jun 5, 2018

Begins

Jun 13, 2018

Discovered

Oct 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Washington State AGbd_096ae54816f748422018-10-18 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7464659d5c35896f2018-10-18 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_ae3ebe3de1f0e96c2018-10-18 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_b8bb7e17110deb992018-10-18 · +6dVerified

Name: Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group
norm: renaissance philanthropic

Name: Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group
norm: renaissance philanthropic
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2018
Breach occurred: Jun 5, 2018 – Jun 13, 2018
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 158state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing notice to other state regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading outside computer forensics expert
Engaged a forensic review team to review the email account contents
Reset email login credentials for all employee email accounts
Implemented mandatory company-wide password resets
Began mailing written notice to potentially impacted individuals
Changes made: Migrated its email service host to a different service provider
Added Multi-Factor Authentication for all devices that access RenPSG email and RenPSG network directories
Providing additional training and education for employees
Implementing additional safeguards and software programs including Digital Guardian Data Loss Prevention, Cisco Umbrella, and additional anti-malware and virus programs
Offering affected individuals complimentary access to two years of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 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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Washington State AGOct 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 18 · first

California State AGOct 18 · first

Oregon State AGOct 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 18 (WA), last Oct 24 (NH) — a 6-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/renspg-20181024.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2018
Raw hash: 27a8316a92c0425815fda0995830f295d47abdebab3e8a2cd0ffcbd73aaebb3a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRenaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

Victim entityRenaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a leading outside computer forensics expert

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov