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East West Family of Companies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 8, 2021

Filed

Jul 1, 2022

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

208state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for East West Family of Companies →

East West Family of Companies notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to computer systems between Nov 5-8, 2021, discovered Nov 8, 2021. Employee and dependent names and SSNs were impacted. No evidence of fraud. Response included forensic investigation, password resets, law enforcement notification, and credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 235 days

Nov 5, 2021

Begins

Nov 8, 2021

Discovered

Jul 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_107eebd0abe378842022-07-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8eb1eecab9e8845e2022-07-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dd6c2d39b38da4af2022-07-01Verified

Name: East West Family of Companies
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Name: East West Family of Companies
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Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2021 – Nov 8, 2021
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 208state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Law enforcement has also been notified of this event
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to this incident, and to secure our environment
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the potentially accessed files and folders to determine whether they contained personal information
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information for purposes of providing notice to potentially affected individuals
Law enforcement has also been notified of this event
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for [Extra4] months through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(235 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGJul 1 · first

Indiana State AGJul 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 1 · first

Montana State AGJul 1 · 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/Consumer-Notification-Letter-368.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2022
Raw hash: 80f44b87b97c70a733a8bf528bf4a724c29e14f3388d11e9cf4c30737323adc3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast West Family of Companies

Victim entityEast West Family of Companies

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to this incident, and to secure our environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov