Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

DealerSocket Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 11, 2016

Filed

Apr 18, 2016

To disclose

7 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for DealerSocket Inc. →2 incidents on file

DealerSocket, Inc. reported a phishing incident on April 11, 2016, targeting employees. The breach compromised W-2 data including names, addresses, SSNs, and earnings for 2 New Hampshire residents. DealerSocket engaged the IRS Criminal Investigation Unit and provided 3 years of credit monitoring via AllClear ID.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 days

Apr 11, 2016

Begins

Apr 11, 2016

Discovered

Apr 18, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_091f1cb70366035e2016-04-18Candidate

Name: DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
norm: davis wright tremaine

Name: DealerSocket Inc.
norm: dealersocket
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Apr 11, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 11, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 18, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-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 New Hampshire Attorney GeneralWorking with the United States Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Unit
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implementing additional security measures and user education
Working with the United States Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Unit
Arranged to have AllClear ID provide credit monitoring and identity repair services for three years at no cost
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures
User education designed to prevent a recurrence of a fraudulent phishing scheme
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 18 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/dealersocket-20160418.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2016
Raw hash: b3ccf929a6e4c50f3fcf432c89ae05cfc16920a0c844ecab1d64d80c05dbd7ff

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

Victim entityDealerSocket Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 11, 2016

Stated responseImplementing additional security measures and user education

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov