HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedAuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

JobScience

bd_41ddfedcd0bb1e5f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 21, 2018

Filed

Apr 3, 2019

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

1,787state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for JobScience →

Jobscience, Inc. notified Washington AG of a data breach where an unauthorized third party accessed a legacy TalentPath server on May 8, 2018, exfiltrating applicant PII including SSNs and credentials. The breach was discovered on August 21, 2018, after FBI notification. 1,787 Washington residents were affected. Jobscience engaged forensic auditors, patched the server, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 105 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 225 days

May 8, 2018

Begins

Aug 21, 2018

Discovered

Apr 3, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_86cde52f2976b5752019-04-05 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3694221f5c0eaacc2019-04-08 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_63a6bfe8e9a42bae2019-04-10 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d8a9989d7c2c97032019-04-11 · +8dVerified

Name: JobScience
norm: jobscience
Domain: jobscience.cc

Name: JobScience
norm: jobscience
Domain: jobscience.cc
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 21, 2018
Breach occurred: May 8, 2018
Undetected for: 105 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 3, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,787state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: informed by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to identify the root cause of the Attack and the nature and scope of the compromised data
Retained outside forensic auditors to conduct an independent review
Notified all customers that had information in the implicated server about the Attack on August 28, 2018, via letter and telephone
Retained a database consultant to analyze the data exfiltrated in the Attack
Provided to those customers detailed information regarding the affected records
Offering identity theft protection, including credit monitoring services, for 12 months to all notified individuals at no cost to them
Changes made: Deploying a patched version of the server and migrating all of its customers to the patched server
Updating user credentials by forcing all administrators and users to update their passwords
Remedied the underlying cause of the unauthorized access by deploying patches to the server that was accessed
Forced a password reset for all accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(225 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGApr 3 · first · this page

Montana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

California State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Apr 3 (WA), last Apr 11 (MA) — a 8-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10624.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 3, 2019
Raw hash: da51706285755ac05ea1bae2de20cf0764af431dc644de0a5be1873c496e045c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJobScience

Victim entityJobScience

Incidentdiscovered Aug 21, 2018

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to identify the root cause of the Attack and the nature and scope of the compromised data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com