Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CPT Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 8, 2018

Filed

Apr 27, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CPT Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

CPT Group, Inc., a class action settlement administrator, notified the California Attorney General of a data breach. An unknown individual accessed an employee's email account from November 22, 2017, to December 8, 2017, following a phishing incident. CPT discovered the unauthorized access on February 8, 2018. Affected data may include names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of class members. CPT implemented multi-factor authentication and offered one year of identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Nov 22, 2017

Begins

Feb 8, 2018

Discovered

Apr 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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_8095bef0d2d971ef2018-04-30 · +3dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_9d154eb6b5f6bc2e2018-05-08 · +11dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c31e9c4116a195902018-05-08 · +11dVerified

Name: CPT Group, Inc.
norm: cpt group

Name: CPT Group, Inc.
norm: cpt group
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 8, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2017 – Dec 8, 2017
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Conducted investigation with the assistance of a computer forensics firm
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Re-educating and training its employees to help prevent a similar incident from happening in the future
Provided notice of the incident
Arranged for Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication
Re-educating and training its employees to help prevent a similar incident from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 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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California State AGApr 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Delaware State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Apr 27 (CA), last May 8 (MT) — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-135709
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2018
Raw hash: ed817ca01d894ab555100874d44f2f8adc2b51df887c4f59b6246f563f2c1ebd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCPT Group, Inc.

Victim entityCPT Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 8, 2018

Stated responseConducted investigation with the assistance of a computer forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov