HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Armstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 25, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

10state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Armstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions) →

Armstrong Backus & Co. notified Montana residents that credentials for its myPay Solutions payroll service were compromised in Jan-Feb 2016. Attackers accessed W-2 forms containing names, addresses, SSNs, and compensation data. The firm reset passwords, replaced computers, and notified law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

Jan 1, 2016

Begins

Mar 25, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10 affectedView incident

Name: Armstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions)
norm: armstrong backus co mypay
Domain: armstrongbackus.com

Name: Armstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions)
norm: armstrong backus co mypay
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2016 – Feb 7, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changing all passwords within our firm that are used to access myPay Solutions
Replacing the computers through which we believe the login credentials were compromised
Reported the incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with them to investigate the incident further
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Armstrong-Backus-Co.-myPay-Solutions.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2016
Raw hash: 2e89508f24068095419c9128a64a6661eeb2b6e532a54f37a864d72be48097fd

Reporting entityArmstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions)

Victim entityArmstrong Backus & Co. (myPay Solutions)

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseChanging all passwords within our firm that are used to access myPay Solutions

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov