Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 24, 2016

Filed

Mar 30, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI) →2 incidents on file

Examination Management Services, Inc. (EMSI) disclosed a March 24, 2016 phishing attack where an unauthorized party spoofed an internal account to obtain employee 2015 W-2 forms. Data exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, and wage info. EMSI notified law enforcement (FBI) and offered one year of Equifax credit monitoring. Investigation was ongoing at the time of this supplemental notice.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Mar 24, 2016

Begins

Mar 24, 2016

Discovered

Mar 30, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_8688b269995edb5f2016-04-21 · +22dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a7780f20ae254722016-04-22 · +23dVerified

Name: Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)
norm: examination management services inc emsi
Domain: emsinet.com

Name: Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)
norm: examination management services inc emsi
Domain: emsinet.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 24, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2016
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Cooperating with law enforcement investigation
Arranged with Equifax Personal Solutions to provide one-year subscription for Equifax Credit Watch Gold with 3-in-1 Monitoring Identity Theft Protection Product
Reviewing internal procedures and protocols
Changes made: Reviewing internal procedures and protocols to help prevent this sort of incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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 · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+22d

Massachusetts State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing Mar 30 (MT), last Apr 22 (MA) — a 23-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/Examination-Management-Services-Inc.-EMSI.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 30, 2016
Raw hash: 052a7a217fb1abe0b51af54ba1da0823b0397408ef66dab59d2cc28de24e1edb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityExamination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

Victim entityExamination Management Services Inc. (EMSI)

Incidentdiscovered Mar 24, 2016

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov