Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

Information Innovators Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 3, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Information Innovators Inc. (Triple-i) disclosed a phishing attack on February 26, 2016, resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of 2015 W-2 forms for employees and former employees. The incident exposed names, addresses, SSNs, and salary information. The company notified law enforcement, launched an internal investigation, and offered three years of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

Feb 26, 2016

Begins

Mar 3, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Information Innovators Inc.
norm: information innovators

Name: Information Innovators Inc.
norm: information innovators
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 26, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified local and federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Notified local and federal law enforcement
Conducting a thorough review of our security measures, internal controls, and safeguards
Making changes to existing policies and procedures, including training and awareness programs
Offering a complimentary three-year membership of identity protection services from AllClear ID
Changes made: Making changes to existing policies and procedures
Training and awareness programs
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/Triple-i.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2016
Raw hash: ec11a8d9cb04220cddb7dc44e7965c3a887eff34908486952572d3476547d423

Reporting entityInformation Innovators Inc.

Victim entityInformation Innovators Inc.

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov