Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)FinancialMediumContained

Masy Systems, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 2, 2016

Filed

Sep 8, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected · nationwide

14521 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Masy Systems, Inc. →

Masy Systems, Inc. (doing business as Masy BioServices) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a phishing incident where an employee was tricked into sending W-2 data to a hacker. The breach affected 145 employees (21 NH residents), exposing names, addresses, SSNs, and wage info. Masy notified the IRS, offered one year of credit monitoring, and retrained staff.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Aug 5, 2016

Begins

Sep 2, 2016

Discovered

Sep 8, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 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_366868101ff359432016-09-12 · +4dVerified

Name: Masy Systems, Inc.
norm: masy systems
Domain: masy.com

Name: Masy Systems, Inc.
norm: masy systems
Domain: masy.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2016
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2016
Affected individuals: 145state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the IRS regarding this incidentIRS representative came to the Masy offices to meet with employees
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sending each affected New Hampshire resident a written notification
Contacted the IRS regarding this incident
Offering all employees free credit monitoring service for a year
Retraining our staff
Reviewing our internal practices
Changes made: Offering all employees free credit monitoring service for a year
Retraining our staff
Reviewing our internal practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/masy-bioservices-20160908.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2016
Raw hash: 41c72100e7f03f2e9c6e4a1d86421db16312f5374f9a397014b74f5932f595e1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMasy Systems, Inc.

Victim entityMasy Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2016

Stated responseSending each affected New Hampshire resident a written notification

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov