Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Crowe PR PSC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2019

Filed

Dec 2, 2019

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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Crowe PR PSC notified NH AG of a phishing attack on an employee email account on Sept 18, 2019. One NH resident's name and SSN were potentially exposed. FBI notified. Victim notified Oct 18, 2019, offered 12 months MyIDCare. Remediation: security protocol reinforcement and employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Sep 18, 2019

Discovered

Dec 2, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_d196fe7e110dd3bb2019-11-29 · +3dVerified

Name: Dykema
norm: dykema
Domain: dykema.com

Name: Crowe PR PSC
norm: crowe pr psc
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2019
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: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained an external forensics consultant
Informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the security incident
Notified the affected individual on October 18, 2019
Providing the individual with 12 months of complimentary identity protection services through MyIDCare
Changes made: Reinforcing existing security protocols
Providing additional training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 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 AGNov 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/crowe-pr-psc-20191202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2019
Raw hash: 6a68e9bec007dfb38363835cac31d90984875674516405cd2e0f05c2297ab592

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDykema

Victim entityCrowe PR PSC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2019

Stated responseRetained an external forensics consultant

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov