HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountPCILowContained

Vertex Wireless, Inc.

bd_014bf49388e02511 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 21, 2017

Filed

Mar 15, 2017

To disclose

22 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vertex Wireless, Inc. →

Vertex Wireless, Inc. notified affected individuals that on February 21, 2017, an unauthorized individual may have accessed their name, address, and credit card information. The incident involved payment card transactions processed on behalf of Ultra Mobile, Mint SIM, and Univision Mobile. Vertex engaged IT experts to secure the platform, reset credentials, and monitor activity.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Feb 21, 2017

Discovered

Mar 15, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0f2217a605966cd52017-03-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3ac2aa4b8f5c96152017-03-15Verified

Name: Vertex Wireless, Inc.
norm: vertex wireless

Name: Vertex Wireless, Inc.
norm: vertex wireless
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountPCI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged IT experts who have secured our platform
Addressed possible vulnerabilities
Reset user access credentials
Continuously monitored activity on our website
Changes made: Secured platform
Addressed possible vulnerabilities
Reset user access credentials
Continuously monitored activity on our website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 15 · first

Montana State AGMar 15 · 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/Vertex-Wireless.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2017
Raw hash: 127c1297650938bf745d898c574de8ae71f2a7d1eaf5ca58c5b268c34f734fdb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVertex Wireless, Inc.

Victim entityVertex Wireless, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2017

Stated responseEngaged IT experts who have secured our platform

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov