HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumContained

TALX

bd_3bad998c067995d7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 23, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TALX →4 incidents on file

TALX Corporation, a payroll services provider for Allegis Group, reported unauthorized access to employee online portal accounts between January 4, 2016, and March 29, 2017. Attackers reset PINs by answering personal security questions, accessing W-2 and 1095-C tax forms containing SSNs, names, addresses, and earnings/health insurance data. TALX notified law enforcement and implemented enhanced fraud monitoring and PIN resets.

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Incident timeline

Jan 4, 2016

Begins

May 23, 2017

Filed

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

Washington State AGbd_917cb2bcc4d4ab1f2017-05-15 · +8dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_799ea6f3d8bb08292017-05-11 · +12dCandidate

Name: TALX
norm: talx

Name: TALX
norm: talx
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2016 – Mar 29, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)Notified state tax authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and state tax authorities of the incident
Implemented additional security measures, including enhanced fraud monitoring
Reset your PIN to the original default PIN assigned by Allegis
Removed unverified contact information (email addresses and phone numbers) associated with your account
Added valid contact information from Allegis, where available, for the purpose of resetting your PIN
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures, including enhanced fraud monitoring
Reset your PIN to the original default PIN assigned by Allegis
Removed unverified contact information (email addresses and phone numbers) associated with your account
Added valid contact information from Allegis, where available, for the purpose of resetting your PIN
Offering 24 months of complimentary identity protection services through AllClearID
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGMay 11 · first

Washington State AG+4d

California State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 11 (MT), last May 23 (CA) — a 12-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-69058
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2017
Raw hash: 0cd983aae515d45b8e0655fb7f46394fab9c4c84a79749c800cec2d324afda30

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTALX

Victim entityTALX

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and state tax authorities of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov