HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesBrute ForceTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2019

Filed

Mar 26, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P. →

Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P. notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on February 6, 2019. An employee's email account was accessed via a brute force attack. The account contained PII including names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account info. No evidence of misuse was found. The firm reset credentials, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Feb 6, 2019

Discovered

Mar 26, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_099c3bbd16d87eba2019-03-26Candidate

Name: Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P.
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Name: Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P.
norm: nasif hicks harris
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Prevented any further unauthorized access to the account by changing the employee’s password and email credentials
Retained an independent computer forensics company to conduct an extensive IT investigation
Changes made: Strengthening our cybersecurity posture by enabling multi-factor authentication for access to email accounts
Engaging a managed security service to help detect and prevent more serious intrusions
Increased personnel trainings on general cybersecurity
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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 AGMar 26 · first

Montana State AGMar 26 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-MT-AG-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2019
Raw hash: d1e0b201e6df592887bdeab5db6ea01dd3c5ee124ff5366d7d2c96d5b9e3110c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P.

Victim entityNasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., L.L.P.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2019

Stated responsePrevented any further unauthorized access to the account by changing the employee’s password and email credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov