AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Freedom Insurance Agency Inc.

bd_0ba43dd54d9669a4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 8, 2021

Filed

Jul 7, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Freedom Insurance Agency Inc. →

Freedom Insurance Agency notified Montana residents of a data breach caused by a configuration error at third-party vendor Vertafore (QQCatalyst). Unauthorized access to reports and forms occurred starting November 30, 2020. Freedom Insurance Agency learned of the incident on June 8, 2021. Data types included PII and government IDs. Vertafore engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 190 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 30, 2020

Begins

Jun 8, 2021

Discovered

Jul 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_42f9261f9b0416dc2021-07-07Verified
Maine State AGbd_d1d57a7bb514a4722021-07-07Verified

Name: Freedom Insurance Agency Inc.
norm: freedom insurance agency

Name: Freedom Insurance Agency Inc.
norm: freedom insurance agency
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2020
Undetected for: 190 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Vertafore has reported the matter to U.S. federal law enforcement
Third party: via Vertafore

During the incident: Vertafore fixed the configuration error and secured the potentially affected files
Vertafore engaged a leading security firm to search for evidence indicating potential misuse
Vertafore reported the matter to U.S. federal law enforcement
Offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Working to further enhance security tools, policies, and procedures
Enhancing security governance and staffing
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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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Indiana State AGJul 7 · first

Maine State AGJul 7 · first

Montana State AGJul 7 · 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/a-notif-65.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2021
Raw hash: d7400516002f8aed6a5bf1701c24dc768c982d6ea015c3af482b1c49c89793b3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFreedom Insurance Agency Inc.

Victim entityFreedom Insurance Agency Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 8, 2021

Stated responseVertafore fixed the configuration error and secured the potentially affected files

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov