HackingGovernmentGovernmentVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

City of Bozeman

bd_22099aab8fe0b299 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2017

Filed

Jul 16, 2018

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

2,651state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Bozeman →

The City of Bozeman notified utility customers that payment card information (names, addresses, card numbers, expiration dates, CVVs) entered via the Click2Gov online payment system between July 1 and October 24, 2017 may have been captured by an unauthorized individual. The City took the server offline, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented security upgrades.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 123 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 257 days

Jul 1, 2017

Begins

Nov 1, 2017

Discovered

Jul 16, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3cc7e3672c1262532018-07-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_79c172a7a99380662018-07-16Verified

Name: City of Bozeman
norm: city of bozeman
Domain: bozeman.net

Name: City of Bozeman
norm: city of bozeman
Domain: bozeman.net
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2017 – Oct 24, 2017
Undetected for: 123 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,651state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the server offline and rebuilt it
Engaged a computer forensic firm to assist
Put into place security upgrades in consultation with our forensic investigator
Continue to work with Superion to take steps to strengthen the security of the Click2Gov utility payment site
Changes made: Put into place security upgrades in consultation with our forensic investigator
Continue to work with Superion to take steps to strengthen the security of the Click2Gov utility payment site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(257 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 AGJul 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 16 · first

Montana State AGJul 16 · 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/City-of-Bozeman.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2018
Raw hash: 3322ed9f962124d7bf09be591dd8a315aa3c1a42858c84f4832dc564b76c57ab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Bozeman

Victim entityCity of Bozeman

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2017

Stated responseTook the server offline and rebuilt it

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov