Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIMediumContained

Engle Martin & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 3, 2018

Filed

Feb 14, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Engle Martin & Associates →

Engle Martin & Associates, an insurance claims administrator, notified the NH AG of a security incident where an unauthorized user accessed a limited number of employee email accounts via phishing. The breach exposed PII, SSNs, financial info, and PHI of employees and claimants. 4 NH residents were notified on Feb 14, 2018. Forensics were engaged, passwords reset, and 1 year of credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Jan 3, 2018

Discovered

Feb 14, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: THOMPSON COBURN LLP
norm: thompson coburn
Domain: thompsoncoburn.com

Name: Engle Martin & Associates
norm: engle martin associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Hired an independent computer forensics company to investigate
Changed passwords to all Engle Martin personnel e-mail accounts
Secured the compromised e-mail accounts
Implemented additional e-mail security enhancements
Provided additional training to employees on recognizing and appropriately responding to suspicious emails
Notified credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Offered credit monitoring and identity restoration services free of charge for one year through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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/engle-martin-associates-20180214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2018
Raw hash: d291dc500606554d0040232817a4f06b5de474c84a6379fdae58c5f7929e1c1d

Reporting entityTHOMPSON COBURN LLP

Victim entityEngle Martin & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2018

Stated responseHired an independent computer forensics company to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov