HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentOtherMediumContained

AVALARA, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 22, 2019

Filed

Jun 13, 2019

To disclose

22 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for AVALARA, INC. →2 incidents on file

Avalara, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data breach affecting 2 state residents. On May 22, 2019, a former employee of Compli, Inc. (now owned by Avalara) used valid credentials to access eCompli data. Exposed data included SSNs, driver's licenses, and PII. Notifications were sent on June 6, 2019.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

May 22, 2019

Discovered

Jun 13, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

16 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

California State AGbd_5377a486edec37a52019-06-07 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9f77ce9ab4c656e02019-06-02 · +11dCandidate

Name: AVALARA, INC.
norm: avalara

Name: AVALARA, INC.
norm: avalara
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 22, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmploymentOther
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed the vulnerability on May 22, 2019
Conducted an investigation to determine the scope of the incident
Reviewed internal logs to confirm the third party was the only entity who accessed personal information
Reviewed security protocols and taken steps to address the security of the platform
Providing postal mail notifications to impacted individuals
Offering credit monitoring services at no cost
Changes made: Reviewed security protocols and taken steps to address the security of the platform
Closely monitoring eCompli to help protect against future unauthorized access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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 AGJun 2 · first

California State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 2 (MT), last Jun 13 (NH) — a 11-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/avalara-20190613.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2019
Raw hash: b79dceeeb97fd085a9c9bf3d1539e66847679d26e123c192d70283750f8436a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAVALARA, INC.

Victim entityAVALARA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 22, 2019

Stated responseRemoved the vulnerability on May 22, 2019

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov