Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Ward & Taylor

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 9, 2022

Filed

Dec 1, 2022

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ward & Taylor →

Ward & Taylor, LLC notified individuals of a cybersecurity incident occurring around August 9, 2022, involving unauthorized access to an employee email account. The breach potentially exposed names and government identifiers. The company reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring services. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 114 days

Aug 9, 2022

Discovered

Dec 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_97f560438cf7f2b92022-12-01Candidate
Maine State AGbd_0c901d0978d5e3262022-11-29 · +2dCandidate

Name: Ward & Taylor
norm: ward taylor
Domain: wardtaylor.com

Name: Ward & Taylor
norm: ward taylor
Domain: wardtaylor.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 9, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Performed a password reset for the affected account
Engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators
Took steps to secure our systems
Enhanced the security of our network
Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring and identity protection service through IDX
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our network to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(114 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGNov 29 · first

Maine State AG+2d

Delaware State AG+2d · 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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2022/12/Ward-Taylor_-General-Notice-Letter-DRAFT_v3-Print-Proof.pdf
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Filed at: Dec 1, 2022
Raw hash: 8ae9723061ddac009ffe60cc455c065d4a1bbc0ceb9db4540a199710169e3537

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWard & Taylor

Victim entityWard & Taylor

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2022

Stated responsePerformed a password reset for the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov