Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Grandfield & Dodd, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 20, 2022

Filed

Feb 24, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Grandfield & Dodd, LLC →

Grandfield & Dodd, LLC reported unauthorized access to an employee's email account between Oct 19-20, 2022. The attacker likely gained access via phishing. The breach exposed names and Social Security numbers of affected individuals. The firm engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured the account, and is offering one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Oct 19, 2022

Begins

Oct 20, 2022

Discovered

Jan 25, 2023

Scope determined

Feb 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 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

Maine State AGbd_4966f62f5c5e4e672023-02-24Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_adfdec8e3e60ef562023-02-24Verified

Name: Grandfield & Dodd, LLC
norm: grandfield dodd

Name: Grandfield & Dodd, LLC
norm: grandfield dodd
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 20, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2022 – Oct 20, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 25, 2023
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Commenced an investigation
A cybersecurity firm was engaged to assist
Offering you credit monitoring and identity protection services through the company IDX at no cost to you
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance its existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(127 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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Maine State AGFeb 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 24 · first · 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/grandfield-dodd-20230224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2023
Raw hash: 8fbf7b1ec482d94670b35c2f0b8bd72a9c4f50705e0807b25aff03fd5913e774

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGrandfield & Dodd, LLC

Victim entityGrandfield & Dodd, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 20, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov