Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)MediumContained

Windes, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 19, 2020

Filed

Jul 28, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Windes, Inc. →

Windes, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts. The compromise occurred between March 16-25, 2020, following a phishing attack. Personal information potentially exposed included names, SSNs, DOBs, financial account numbers, and health data. Windes secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

Mar 16, 2020

Begins

Mar 19, 2020

Discovered

Jul 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_b8a542a0d7990e312020-07-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e84b0b62c0f7b2932020-07-28Verified

Name: Windes, Inc.
norm: windes

Name: Windes, Inc.
norm: windes
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 16, 2020 – Mar 25, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the suspected account
Engaged a third-party forensics company to investigate
Offering you complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Took steps to enhance the security of all information to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 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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California State AGJul 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

Montana State AGJul 28 · 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/Windes-Inc-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2020
Raw hash: f4051ba4a8de37a3ee414dd7f318d2e89c266ec0bd3e15129ce090d1a5843ae3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWindes, Inc.

Victim entityWindes, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2020

Stated responseSecured the suspected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov