AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

HelloTech

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 15, 2019

Filed

Dec 23, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HelloTech →2 incidents on file

HelloTech, Inc. disclosed that independent contractor data, including names, addresses, and driver license information/images, was inadvertently made publicly accessible. The company was notified by a neutral party on November 15, 2019, and secured the data the same day. No misuse was confirmed. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Nov 15, 2019

Discovered

Dec 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_65610fc111001e7a2019-12-13 · +10dCandidate

Name: HelloTech
norm: hellotech
Domain: hellotech.com

Name: HelloTech
norm: hellotech
Domain: hellotech.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 15, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Secured all of the data
Conducted an investigation to determine how the incident occurred and who was impacted
Reviewed internal data management and protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent such an incident from recurring
Arranged for enrollment in an online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for one year provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Reviewed internal data management and protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent such an incident from recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 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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Montana State AGDec 13 · first

California State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 13 (MT), last Dec 23 (CA) — a 10-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-185382
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2019
Raw hash: dfa83cd102b48a1bb2f091dfb456d5a093eba2b11f3c53f1b36921abcf6505b6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHelloTech

Victim entityHelloTech

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2019

Stated responseSecured all of the data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov