HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 17, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc. →

The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc., a Texas car dealership, experienced an information security incident on August 1, 2020. The incident may have exposed full names, mailing addresses, birthdates, credit card numbers, and/or Social Security numbers. The company engaged third-party forensic specialists and is working with law enforcement. Free credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Aug 1, 2020

Begins

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

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

Indiana State AGbd_be0c70e8974807a82021-03-17Verified

Name: The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc.
norm: the sewell family of companies

Name: The Sewell Family of Companies, Inc.
norm: the sewell family of companies
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Working with law enforcement in response to this incident
Secured free credit monitoring services for all affected individuals
Changes made: Reviewed and altered our policies and procedures relating to the security of our systems and servers
Enhanced our network and email security measures
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGMar 17 · first

Montana State AGMar 17 · 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/OCP/a-notif-69.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2021
Raw hash: 326edeb0133c33d37ff76c55c899b850e7d8ea46e109e9495f69e8276a6c089e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Sewell Family of Companies, Inc.

Victim entityThe Sewell Family of Companies, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseConducted an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov