PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftMonica Ann GauthierCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumActive

Phillips Auto Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 21, 2025

Filed

Apr 28, 2025

To disclose

7 days

Affected

42scope not determined

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Phillips Auto Inc. →

Phillips Auto Inc. reported the theft of physical paperwork containing 42 customers' driver's licenses and credit applications from its Payette, Idaho dealership. The documents were recovered after the thief was arrested in Oklahoma. The incident was discovered on April 21, 2025, and remains under investigation.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 days

Apr 21, 2025

Discovered

Apr 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed42 affectedView incident

Name: Phillips Auto Inc.
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Name: Phillips Auto Inc.
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Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 42scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Monica Ann GauthierExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Tulsa Airport PoliceContacted Payette Police DepartmentSubmitted incident information to the Idaho Attorney General's office

During the incident: Secured all remaining paperwork
Reviewed internal document handling procedures
Initiated an internal investigation
Contacted the Payette Police Department to formally report the incident
Cooperating with law enforcement authorities for further investigation
Changes made: Enhance dealership security procedures, including stricter document access controls, locked storage, and monitored areas for sensitive customer information
Implement mandatory training for all employees on proper handling, storage, and disposal of sensitive paperwork
Conduct a comprehensive review of physical and procedural security policies to prevent similar incidents in the future
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.

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/04/UTF-8Phillips-Auto-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2025
Raw hash: 03034966e6c5586d0d478c74e671cbaf2a97df32e30cfdc439a96476a0e7a10f

Reporting entityPhillips Auto Inc.

Victim entityPhillips Auto Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2025

Stated responseSecured all remaining paperwork

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov