HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Johns Eastern Company, Inc.

bd_daa3e9b07f28afa5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2021

Filed

Jan 12, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Johns Eastern Company, Inc. →

Johns Eastern Company, Inc. notified the NH AG of a cyberattack discovered on Dec 1, 2021, affecting 2 NH residents. Data included names, SSNs, and DOBs. JEC engaged forensic specialists, reported to the FBI, and provided 1 year of TransUnion credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Dec 1, 2021

Discovered

Jan 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_29ae06fd743553a92022-01-04 · +8dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_7437d137490ea1662022-01-04 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a3ba03562692809b2022-01-04 · +8dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Johns Eastern Company, Inc.
norm: johns eastern
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and are cooperating

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Worked tirelessly with third-party forensic specialists to investigate and respond to this incident
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and are cooperating
Began providing written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our policies and procedures to examine existing security measures
Assess and update security measures and employee training to safeguard the information in our care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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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Maine State AGJan 4 · first

Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (ME), last Jan 12 (NH) — a 8-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/johns-eastern-company-20220112.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 12, 2022
Raw hash: a39bcfb0d014842c11cadf8be205eafa956d20d5004d5f6e45c3692842ee5663

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityJohns Eastern Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov