Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Kinetics Systems Inc

bd_42b812a523128432 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Feb 6, 2018

To disclose

5 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kinetics Systems Inc →

Kinetic Systems, Inc. disclosed a phishing attack on January 25, 2018, detected February 1, 2018. The incident compromised W-2 data (SSN, wages) of current and former 2017 employees. Kinetics engaged Kroll for 2 years of credit monitoring and implemented technical/policy safeguards. No specific victim count was provided in the filing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 5 days

Jan 25, 2018

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Feb 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_70f02e93437a11c52018-02-07 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fa8b04255366826e2018-02-09 · +3dVerified

Name: Kinetics Systems Inc
norm: kinetics systems
Domain: kinetics.net

Name: Kinetics Systems Inc
norm: kinetics systems
Domain: kinetics.net
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2018
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged Kroll Information Assurance, LLC to offer credit and identity monitoring services
Continuing to monitor the situation carefully
Taken procedural, policy, and technical steps to minimize risk
Changes made: Taken procedural, policy, and technical steps to minimize risk
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGFeb 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Kinetics-Systems-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2018
Raw hash: 946900f68832c8c32d0ba890e1e82ffb346baafeb00630ac301a781c0a587ab2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKinetics Systems Inc

Victim entityKinetics Systems Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseEngaged Kroll Information Assurance, LLC to offer credit and identity monitoring services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov