Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Synergi Partners, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 4, 2020

Filed

Aug 3, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Synergi Partners, Inc. →

Synergi Partners, Inc. notified individuals of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed an employee's email account via phishing. Emails from Jan 9 to May 4, 2020, were forwarded externally, exposing names and SSNs. Synergi reset passwords, offered 12 months of credit monitoring, and implemented enhanced data loss prevention measures.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 116 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Jan 9, 2020

Begins

May 4, 2020

Discovered

Aug 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2c25df27127a13782020-07-29 · +5dVerified

Name: Synergi Partners, Inc.
norm: synergi partners

Name: Synergi Partners, Inc.
norm: synergi partners
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2020 – May 4, 2020
Undetected for: 116 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying relevant state regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the forwarded emails
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information
Notifying potentially affected individuals
Notifying relevant state regulators
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for 12 months through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies, procedures and existing security measures
Implementing enhanced data loss prevention measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 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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Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

Montana State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (IN), last Aug 3 (MT) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Synergi-Partners-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2020
Raw hash: 182376be6bf2661388e976e42b18e69f100d15cfbef2d45338fe709d1514f989

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySynergi Partners, Inc.

Victim entitySynergi Partners, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2020

Stated responseResetting relevant account passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov