Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

United Service Companies

bd_4689b1992fe144a2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 17, 2024

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for United Service Companies →

United Service Companies notified Montana residents of a data breach where unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between Oct 14 and Nov 15, 2023. The company discovered the incident on Jan 17, 2024, determining that personal information (names, addresses) was contained in affected emails. No misuse was known. The company reset credentials, engaged forensic experts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 95 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Oct 14, 2023

Begins

Jan 17, 2024

Discovered

Feb 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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_56e8cd86fb7374632024-02-16Verified
Illinois State AGbd_ad8decb316596fe92024-02-01 · +15dVerified

Name: United Service Companies
norm: united service companies

Name: United Service Companies
norm: united service companies
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 17, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 14, 2023 – Nov 15, 2023
Undetected for: 95 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the login credentials for the affected email accounts
Worked with computer forensics experts to ensure there is no continued access to them
Offering complimentary access to Experian’s IdentityWorks for a period of 12 months
Changes made: Review network and email account policies and procedures to identify other measures that may help strengthen security and prevent future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

Indiana State AG+15d

Montana State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 16 (MT) — a 15-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: 234954ec7b11b9934b26b9a847d3cdc12ddbd7dcdcc7af6f93a19bac866bfc76

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnited Service Companies

Victim entityUnited Service Companies

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2024

Stated responseChanged the login credentials for the affected email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov