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

Engelberth Construction, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 18, 2017

Filed

Jul 5, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

32state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Engelberth Construction, Inc. →

Engelberth Construction, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a phishing incident where an HR employee's credentials were compromised on or about May 3, 2017. Discovered on May 18, 2017, the incident exposed PII (names, DOBs, SSNs) of 32 current and former employees. Notices were sent on May 31, 2017, with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

May 3, 2017

Begins

May 18, 2017

Discovered

Jul 5, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed32 affectedView incident

Name: Engelberth Construction, Inc.
norm: engelberth construction

Name: Engelberth Construction, Inc.
norm: engelberth construction
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 18, 2017
Breach occurred: May 3, 2017
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2017
Affected individuals: 32state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Submitted notice to Attorney General Joseph Foster, Office of the Attorney General, New Hampshire
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Notified thirty-two (32) individuals by U.S. Mail
Offered affected individuals a free one-year membership of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian
Changed email credentials promptly upon discovery
Changes made: Reviewing security measures
Will implement appropriate employee training
Reminded all employees of the need to be aware of phishing scams
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/engelberth-construction-20170705.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2017
Raw hash: b4fe252e886f35cbe0c1c82c28b8f668daece673df5b03dc81110ce3a2faa22a

Reporting entityEngelberth Construction, Inc.

Victim entityEngelberth Construction, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 18, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov