HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Wall Titus, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2017

Filed

Mar 13, 2017

To disclose

3 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Wall Titus, LLC →

Wall Titus, LLC notified clients of a data security incident where an outside attacker accessed tax software between Dec 20-27, 2016. Personal info including SSN, address, and potentially bank account numbers were accessed. The firm changed passwords, retained forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Dec 20, 2016

Begins

Mar 10, 2017

Discovered

Mar 13, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

19 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

Montana State AGbd_d6ea348e2dcc4c722017-03-10 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fb466bd51ec058ec2017-03-09 · +4dVerified

Name: Wall Titus, LLC
norm: wall titus

Name: Wall Titus, LLC
norm: wall titus
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 20, 2016 – Dec 27, 2016
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: The IRS and law enforcement have been made aware of this situation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changing all passwords used to log in to our computers
Implementing additional technology and procedures to authenticate and limit users logging in to our system
Retained legal counsel and computer forensics specialists to help us investigate and respond to this incident
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Implementing additional technology and procedures to authenticate and limit users logging in to our system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 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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Massachusetts State AGMar 9 · first

Montana State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+4d · 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/2017/WallTitusLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2017
Raw hash: c18c57ccddf4476838800628cfe9cbd3582ee91a790f1cb1681129b1ad58cf76

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWall Titus, LLC

Victim entityWall Titus, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2017

Stated responseChanging all passwords used to log in to our computers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov