Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

flexPATH Strategies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2018

Filed

Mar 18, 2019

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

41state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for flexPATH Strategies →

FlexPATH Strategies, LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident where an unauthorized person accessed an employee email account on Dec 7, 2018. The breach exposed names and SSNs of 41 NH residents. Notifications began March 15, 2019, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Dec 7, 2018

Begins

Dec 14, 2018

Discovered

Mar 18, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_0172292eef70ab302019-03-15 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5c77e09d3d33f3b82019-03-15 · +3dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_7a883bef71700ef02019-03-15 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_956af0e49a3ab8c02019-03-15 · +3dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 31d gap

Oregon State AGbd_be14e8f992f427b82019-03-15 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fe1e38fc4db5a5a12019-03-15 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_0691b0e3d1dc7a912019-04-17 · +30dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_84f1cef05ba4ccb92019-04-18 · +31dVerified

Name: flexPATH Strategies
norm: flexpath strategies

Name: flexPATH Strategies
norm: flexpath strategies
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2018
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2018
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 15, 2019
Affected individuals: 41state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the employee's email account
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged a computer security firm to assist us
Reviewed the full contents of the account for personal information
Began mailing notification letters to New Hampshire residents
Offered complimentary one-year credit monitoring membership with Experian's IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further expand and strengthen its security processes
Providing continued education and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Hawaii State AGMar 15 · first

Montana State AGMar 15 · first

Washington State AGMar 15 · first

California State AGMar 15 · first

Oregon State AGMar 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

California State AG+33d

New Hampshire State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Mar 15 (HI), last Apr 18 (NH) — a 34-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/flex-path-20190318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2019
Raw hash: a900f656e6bae4e60b33ec9c96070eb40261d561b295c0527a5b5a3a7085df70

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityflexPATH Strategies

Victim entityflexPATH Strategies

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2018

Stated responseSecured the employee's email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov