Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Meridian Printing, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2021

Filed

Jul 26, 2021

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

145146 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Meridian Printing, Inc. →

Meridian Printing, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account on March 26, 2021. The breach exposed PII (name, SSN, DOB) and PHI (health insurance number) of 146 individuals (1 NH resident, 145 RI residents). Notification began July 20, 2021, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 104 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Mar 26, 2021

Begins

Jul 8, 2021

Discovered

Jul 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a4e7acaaf49baa2d2021-07-21 · +5dVerified

Name: Meridian Printing, Inc.
norm: meridian printing

Name: Meridian Printing, Inc.
norm: meridian printing
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 26, 2021
Undetected for: 104 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2021
Affected individuals: 146state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
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 account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Providing the affected resident with written notification
Offering the affected resident a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected resident about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to secure personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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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Massachusetts State AGJul 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 21 (MA), last Jul 26 (NH) — a 5-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/meridian-printing-20210726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2021
Raw hash: 1340e1d60b266765f3cb0046068724f9084d778febcab7c4df8beb16689e554d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeridian Printing, Inc.

Victim entityMeridian Printing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov