HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 30, 2021

Filed

Jan 5, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc. →

Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc. notified Montana residents of a security event where an unauthorized actor installed malicious code on its website between Nov 2020 and Nov 2021 to capture credit card data. The incident was discovered on Sept 30, 2021. Affected data included names, credit card numbers, CVVs, and billing addresses.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 309 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Nov 25, 2020

Begins

Sep 30, 2021

Discovered

Jan 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e1a23fd30d3578a82022-01-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_b0bb2d4a11d42dff2021-12-23 · +13dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_90ec1019c7b324e82021-12-21 · +15dVerified

Name: Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc.
norm: smith system driver improvement institute

Name: Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc.
norm: smith system driver improvement institute
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 25, 2020 – Nov 17, 2021
Undetected for: 309 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 24, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input CaptureT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with an outside forensics specialist to investigate the nature and scope of the activity
Removed all the malicious code
Secured its systems
Reviewed every potentially impacted transaction to determine the scope of this incident
Changes made: Secured our systems by deleting all malicious code on our website
Smith System servers have been thoroughly [scanned/secured] to protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGDec 21 · first

Maine State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+15d

Montana State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (IN), last Jan 5 (MT) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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-Notification-Letter-167.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 5, 2022
Raw hash: f9b36c67a00cea702da4cb9033384cca46726e5ea7f2e9ffc64576b506d9d206

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySmith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc.

Victim entitySmith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 30, 2021

Stated responseWorked with an outside forensics specialist to investigate the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov