HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

American College of Emergency Physicians

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Nov 23, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting 10 NH residents. Unauthorized acquisition of payment card information (account number, expiration, CVV, name, address) occurred via its e-commerce site between May 21 and September 22, 2020. ACEP discovered unusual activity on September 7, 2020, and confirmed the scope on September 24, 2020. Response included engaging forensic specialists, disabling transactions, rebuilding servers, and notifying card brands and processors.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 109 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

May 21, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Nov 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_5269c3c84f6822fa2020-11-17 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_595e451aefa4c83b2020-11-17 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_499d921075ecfef92020-11-16 · +7dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: American College of Emergency Physicians
norm: american college of emergency physicians
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2020
Breach occurred: May 21, 2020 – Sep 22, 2020
Undetected for: 109 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Consumer Protection BureauNotifying the impacted cardholdersNotifying the consumer reporting agencies and other state regulators as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with computer forensic specialists
Disabled payment card transactions
Rebuilt its e-commerce servers in a secure environment
Provided notice to the payment card brands
Provided notice to its payment card processor
Changes made: Advising impacted individuals to remain vigilant for fraudulent charges
Encouraging cardholders to promptly report unauthorized or suspicious activity to their bank, credit union, or credit card company
Providing information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one's credit file
Providing contact details for the national consumer reporting agencies
Providing information on how to obtain a free credit report
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 16 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 16 (MT), last Nov 23 (NH) — a 7-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/american-college-emergency-physicians-20201123.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2020
Raw hash: a8ee409b2baecea247a41b4fc76b24564c08a35e4e7206d18d01fc713009c511

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAmerican College of Emergency Physicians

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2020

Stated responseWorked with computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov