HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Vista Title and Escrow

bd_10934db3ff22283f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

Jun 18, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Vista Title and Escrow →

Vista Title and Escrow notified South Carolina residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to an email account. The incident occurred between April 21 and April 30, 2021. The company engaged forensic experts, secured the account, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring services to affected individuals. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Apr 21, 2021

Begins

Apr 30, 2021

Discovered

Jun 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4fe91fa8d570ca7e2021-06-18Verified

Name: Vista Title and Escrow
norm: vista title and escrow
Domain: vistatitle.com

Name: Vista Title and Escrow
norm: vista title and escrow
Domain: vistatitle.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2021 – Apr 30, 2021
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic experts who promptly secured and removed the unauthorized access to the account and began a thorough investigation
Implemented additional safeguards and employee training related to cybersecurity
Working with our external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve our cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Providing you with access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score/Cyber Monitoring* services at no charge
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and employee training related to cybersecurity
Working with our external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve our cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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 AGJun 18 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 18 · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/VistaTitle.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2021
Raw hash: e79aa53f92c5f92b67dfafc92ba47534bd8c11c4f03fbabd64d575855b237485

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVista Title and Escrow

Victim entityVista Title and Escrow

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2021

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic experts who promptly secured and removed the unauthorized access to the account and began a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov