Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bay Title Company

bd_2931f0b817fa93a1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 13, 2021

Filed

Feb 4, 2022

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

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Bay Title Company notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Sept 13-21, 2021. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise and email collection. Affected data included names and other elements. The company engaged cybersecurity specialists, reset passwords, and offered identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 144 days

Sep 13, 2021

Begins

Sep 13, 2021

Discovered

Feb 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Name: Bay Title Company
norm: bay title

Name: Bay Title Company
norm: bay title
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2021 – Sep 21, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took swift action to secure our email system and network
Launched an internal investigation
Engaged leading, independent cybersecurity specialists
Performing password resets
Offering you complimentary identity monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(144 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-Notification-Letter-214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2022
Raw hash: 98f6d3ceb699e79dff3d6f53098ad8d725de17ddc253494b2ef0d00b0b0b0d1b

Reporting entityBay Title Company

Victim entityBay Title Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2021

Stated responseTook swift action to secure our email system and network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov