HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Merrick

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

Apr 23, 2021

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merrick →2 incidents on file

Merrick & Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting one NH resident. Between Dec 16, 2020, and Jan 4, 2021, an unauthorized third party accessed employee email accounts. The affected account contained the resident's name and Social Security Number. Merrick secured the accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and sent a notification letter offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 109 days

Dec 16, 2020

Begins

Jan 4, 2021

Discovered

Apr 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_263593f7d95d512b2021-04-22 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_87b21d9217efc81b2021-04-22 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_e42d1768dc7278ef2021-04-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 16, 2020 – Jan 4, 2021
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the potentially affected email accounts to prevent further access
Audited the accounts to determine if the accounts contained personal information
Provided notice of the incident to the potentially affected individual
Conducted an internal investigation
Engaged a forensic security firm to confirm the security of its email and computer systems
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(109 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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Montana State AGApr 22 · first

Indiana State AGApr 22 · first

Maine State AGApr 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/merrick-company-20210423.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2021
Raw hash: de176c23a01182084fe7aaba1a69b89efd21151f64d4a7e92688c1360debff6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerrick

Victim entityMerrick

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2021

Stated responseSecured the potentially affected email accounts to prevent further access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov