MisuseTechnologyInformationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pacific Concepts Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2016

Filed

Oct 21, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Pacific Concepts Group →

Pacific Concepts Group d/b/a National Satellite Center notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on September 13, 2016. A former employee accessed a current employee's computer, potentially exposing names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs. The company notified law enforcement, installed a new firewall, and provided one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Sep 13, 2016

Discovered

Oct 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_95cc99e4079d2b552016-10-21Verified

Name: Pacific Concepts Group
norm: pacific concepts

Name: Pacific Concepts Group
norm: pacific concepts
Also named: Pacific Concepts Groupdba oflegal entity
National Satellite Centerdba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Law enforcement has been notified and we are cooperating with their investigation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Law enforcement has been notified and we are cooperating with their investigation
Ensuring all PCs are turned off when the office is closed
Installing a new firewall to prevent remote access of our systems
Providing you with one year of identity monitoring through Kroll
Changes made: Ensuring all PCs are turned off when the office is closed
Installing a new firewall to prevent remote access of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 21 · first

Montana State AGOct 21 · 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/Pacific-Concepts-Group-dba-National-Satellite-Center.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 21, 2016
Raw hash: 1ff21dbdf8cbb3cb29f71ab27910587ba11c10fb86143a67e2d7165fa1f7905f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Concepts Group

Victim entityPacific Concepts Group

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2016

Stated responseLaw enforcement has been notified and we are cooperating with their investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov