DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Designers and Planners

bd_3e9abd0998e9b488 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2017

Filed

Oct 16, 2017

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Designers and Planners

BMT Designers & Planners, Inc. notified employees of a cyber attack by a foreign actor targeting a timekeeping server containing PII (SSN, name, wage). Access estimated in Feb 2016. FBI directed delay in notification. Forensic experts retained; 24-month identity protection offered.

Incident timeline

undetected · 623 days
discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Oct 16, 2017

Discovered

Oct 16, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

19 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.