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

THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2018

Filed

Mar 27, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC. →

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing attack on an employee email account. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 10-12, 2018. PII including SSNs and financial data was potentially accessed. 8 NH residents affected. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Feb 10, 2018

Begins

Feb 12, 2018

Discovered

Mar 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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

Montana State AGbd_4334a582fd3cfdbc2018-03-29 · +2dCandidate

Name: THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.
norm: the retirement advantage

Name: THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.
norm: the retirement advantage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 10, 2018 – Feb 12, 2018
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2018
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the affected email account
Engaged legal counsel
Engaged a third party forensics firm to investigate the incident
Changes made: Offering free credit monitoring for a twelve (12) month period
Providing a dedicated call center for affected individuals
Reviewing existing security practices and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 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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New Hampshire State AGMar 27 · first · this page

Montana State AG+2d

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/retirement-advantage-20180327.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2018
Raw hash: 567071f9649858e94dc93b30cb4c36f697b7c448683a08834aaf8df2d6714048

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

Victim entityTHE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2018

Stated responseSecured the affected email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov