Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Exude, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 19, 2018

Filed

Dec 14, 2018

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Exude, Inc. →

Exude Benefits Group notified individuals that an employee email account was compromised, exposing names, SSNs, DOBs, and limited health information. The company engaged forensic investigators, contained the breach, and offered one year of credit monitoring. No financial data was exposed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 86 days

Sep 19, 2018

Discovered

Dec 14, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f89eb2d46ec5d3b82018-12-18 · +4dVerified

Name: Exude, Inc.
norm: exude

Name: Exude, Inc.
norm: exude
Also named: Exude, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Exude Benefits Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 19, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 11, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation that prevented further unauthorized access to the email account
Retained a leading cybersecurity investigative firm to conduct a detailed forensic investigation
Conducted a manual review to identify any personal information contained within the email account
Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for one year provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Increasing employee cyber security awareness training
Implementing enhanced authentication controls
Implementing more robust email password policies for our employees
Updating policies and procedures related to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(86 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGDec 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/Exude-Inc.-dba-Exude-Benefits-Group.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2018
Raw hash: 84198a609b1de4a178994e97b67d43a8d8a737d438b964331e5d9dec57760849

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityExude, Inc.

Victim entityExude, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 19, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation that prevented further unauthorized access to the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov