Social EngineeringHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

Sep 21, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC →2 incidents on file

SAFY reported unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Feb 25 and Jun 23, 2020, via a phishing scam involving fictitious job postings on Indeed.com. The incident impacted 3 New Hampshire residents, exposing PII including SSNs, financial data, and PHI. SAFY engaged forensic specialists, notified the HHS and state regulators, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 128 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Feb 25, 2020

Begins

Jul 2, 2020

Discovered

Sep 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

South Carolina State AGbd_49ffdfe18289dabd2020-09-18 · +3dVerified
HHS OCRbd_2d72fe1374b66bee2020-09-11 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cf8c6ff9b00d514a2020-09-11 · +10dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Specialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC
norm: specialized alternatives for family youth of sc
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 25, 2020 – Jun 23, 2020
Undetected for: 128 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified other government regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Conducted an extensive investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the impacted email accounts
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Provided notice on its website
Offered complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Trans Union
Offered minor monitoring services through Equifax
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to other regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its systems
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 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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HHS OCRSep 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 11 · first

South Carolina State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 11 (OH), last Sep 21 (NH) — a 10-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/specialized-alternatives-families-youth-america-20200921.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2020
Raw hash: ceba3ae21469224862e584096a15f3810ea3c44a4a83264f5f6febb6aa83da23

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySpecialized Alternatives for Family & Youth of SC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2020

Stated responseConducted an extensive investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov