HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Advantage Title & Escrow

bd_47e410c4ad3f7dc5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 25, 2022

Filed

Feb 27, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Advantage Title & Escrow →

Advantage Title & Escrow notified Montana residents that unauthorized parties accessed two employee email accounts between September 3 and 30, 2019. The company discovered the breach on January 25, 2022, after a forensic investigation revealed the accounts contained personal information including SSNs and financial data. No evidence of misuse was found. The company offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 875 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Sep 3, 2019

Begins

Jan 25, 2022

Discovered

Feb 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2df387ed52e605112022-02-23 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0ec02314ade2fc772022-02-18 · +9dVerified
Maine State AGbd_af66c1807243a7972022-02-17 · +10dVerified by operator

Name: Advantage Title & Escrow
norm: advantage title escrow

Name: Advantage Title & Escrow
norm: advantage title escrow
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 3, 2019 – Sep 30, 2019
Undetected for: 875 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGFeb 17 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Montana State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 17 (ME), last Feb 27 (MT) — a 10-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/Advantage-Title-Escrow-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2022
Raw hash: d8ab2eb3597dce6106bb0c2b83ab113600a98ca7114208ee339c1edcf80d696f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvantage Title & Escrow

Victim entityAdvantage Title & Escrow

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2022

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov