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

GFS Chemicals, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 20, 2019

Filed

Nov 13, 2019

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GFS Chemicals, Inc. →

GFS, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed an office computer between Aug 13-22, 2019. Personal info including names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial data may have been exposed. GFS engaged forensic investigators, notified the IRS, and offered TransUnion credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Aug 13, 2019

Begins

Aug 20, 2019

Discovered

Nov 13, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: GFS Chemicals, Inc.
norm: gfs chemicals

Name: GFS Chemicals, Inc.
norm: gfs chemicals
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 13, 2019 – Aug 22, 2019
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the IRS
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Working diligently, with the assistance of a third-party computer forensic investigator
Reported this incident to the IRS
Providing you with access to credit monitoring and identity protection services from TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to better protect against unauthorized access to our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
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/OCP/Consumer-Notice-53.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2019
Raw hash: 0a245d254fa8b370bc8ce2138a7d5687137c8a1d7997d99c60c32305053dd047

Reporting entityGFS Chemicals, Inc.

Victim entityGFS Chemicals, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov