HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Weichert Companies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 20, 2017

Filed

Jun 11, 2018

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Weichert Companies →

Weichert Companies notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on December 20, 2017, where a data file server was accessible by unknown individuals. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Weichert engaged Kroll for credit monitoring and reported the incident to law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 173 days

Dec 20, 2017

Discovered

Jun 11, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

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_3fa58d4f613456912018-06-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5c5987ec215b82622018-06-11Verified

Name: Weichert Companies
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Name: Weichert Companies
norm: weichert companies
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removing the server
Conducted an investigation
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Assessing the affected server
Increased monitoring of our systems
Strengthening our IT security and data retention procedures and policies
Changes made: Strengthening our IT security and data retention procedures and policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(173 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 AGJun 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 11 · first

Montana State AGJun 11 · 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/Weichert.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2018
Raw hash: 235e415b4bce57cc6f12a35cb8c947b215660607ec85ef712b2243270aa93835

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWeichert Companies

Victim entityWeichert Companies

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2017

Stated responseRemoving the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov