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

M & R Strategic Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 10, 2015

Filed

Sep 23, 2015

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for M & R Strategic Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

M&R Strategic Services, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing incident where an unknown actor accessed the Finance Dept email account on Aug 10, 2015. The actor sent phishing emails to vendors. One NH resident's name and SSN were exposed. M&R engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, and enabled 2FA.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Aug 10, 2015

Discovered

Sep 23, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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_cedfb2b188bca81a2015-09-28 · +5dVerified

Name: M & R Strategic Services, Inc.
norm: m r strategic

Name: M & R Strategic Services, Inc.
norm: m r strategic
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2015
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the credentials used to access the email account
Enabled two-factor authentication
Communicated with certain recipients of the phishing email
Consulted with its third-party forensic consultants
Engaged independent, third-party forensic investigators
Changes made: Enabled two-factor authentication
Taking steps to prevent additional unauthorized access to the finance department email account or any other M+R email accounts and systems
Continues to monitor its systems for suspicious activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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 AGSep 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 23 (NH), last Sep 28 (MA) — 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/m-r-strategic-svcs-20150923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2015
Raw hash: a2f90a24c8767394c7b70bd676eed7e9b3c3faa1566a5f12af4a0ea3d585f6e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityM & R Strategic Services, Inc.

Victim entityM & R Strategic Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2015

Stated responseChanged the credentials used to access the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov