Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Priority One Financial Services, Inc.

bd_455c43e118d9ffcf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 17, 2021

Filed

Aug 27, 2021

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Priority One Financial Services, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Priority One Financial Services, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee's email account between May 3 and May 17, 2021. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. Data accessed included names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

May 3, 2021

Begins

May 17, 2021

Discovered

Aug 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2538398bb792b6c72021-08-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_c3517b954bff1b6f2021-08-27Verified

Name: Priority One Financial Services, Inc.
norm: priority one financial

Name: Priority One Financial Services, Inc.
norm: priority one financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 17, 2021
Breach occurred: May 3, 2021 – May 17, 2021
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 36state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email environment
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist with the investigation
Conducted a thorough review of the contents of the email account
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 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

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 27 · first

Maine State AGAug 27 · first

Montana State AGAug 27 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-87.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 27, 2021
Raw hash: dd47c61fe177081bf8d81873b87348fca435c5e0c46773f0916dd7deb223f180

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPriority One Financial Services, Inc.

Victim entityPriority One Financial Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 17, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov