Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Berman McAleer, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 21, 2019

Filed

Oct 7, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Berman McAleer, LLC →

Berman McAleer, LLC notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an employee's email account was accessed by an unknown third party attempting to intercept a wire payment. One NH resident's PII (SSN, bank account, DL) was potentially exposed. Notification sent Oct 4, 2019. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Aug 21, 2019

Discovered

Oct 7, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4ca17737b0f866262019-10-04 · +3dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Berman McAleer, LLC
norm: berman mcaleer
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 21, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged computer experts to determine how the phishing email was distributed
Reset the access privileges to all Berman McAleer employee email accounts
Reviewed and revised its information security policies and procedures
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion Interactive
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/berman-mcaleer-20191007.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2019
Raw hash: 5966738fd894da9647f3314b06259cdfe0362c045125211b413c6452edc49808

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityBerman McAleer, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 21, 2019

Stated responseEngaged computer experts to determine how the phishing email was distributed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov