HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLC

bd_3c2aecff3ae5a1a6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2022

Filed

Apr 4, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLC →

Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLC notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on November 18, 2022. An unauthorized party gained access to a single email account. The data involved may have included names combined with driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, implemented additional email security measures, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

Nov 18, 2022

Discovered

Apr 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_aa1825bfffefc7e72023-04-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_cfb7a8395a071bda2023-04-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_f662a57064100ac12023-04-04Candidate

Name: Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLC
norm: penn abstract and land

Name: Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLC
norm: penn abstract and land
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts
Implemented additional security measures to further protect our email environment
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further protect our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGApr 4 · first

Maine State AGApr 4 · first

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

Vermont State AGApr 4 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-04-04-penn-abstract-and-land-services-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2023
Raw hash: f658487c76937ebc37ec194c468913e9b525331574a15d530ddda953aba2e270

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPenn Abstract and Land Services, LLC

Victim entityPenn Abstract and Land Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2022

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov