HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Drug Free Workplaces

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 4, 2023

Filed

Oct 26, 2023

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Drug Free Workplaces →

Drug Free Workplaces USA notified Vermont AG that unauthorized access to two employee email accounts occurred between March 29 and May 4, 2023. The incident compromised names and credentials for approximately 4 Vermont residents. The company engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Mar 29, 2023

Begins

May 4, 2023

Discovered

Oct 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0b61ca403f5b92722023-10-26Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_102259a7fe4b427f2023-10-27 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_27a05a4bca8616ec2023-10-27 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_7c980389ee4fad0a2023-10-27 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_5070856c93dfda082023-11-02 · +7dVerified

Name: Drug Free Workplaces
norm: drug free workplaces
Domain: drugfreeworkplaces.com

Name: Drug Free Workplaces
norm: drug free workplaces
Domain: drugfreeworkplaces.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2023 – May 4, 2023
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Oct 26, 2023
Notification sent: Oct 26, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGOct 26 · first

Vermont State AGOct 26 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Oct 26 (MT), last Nov 2 (NH) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-10-26-drug-free-workplaces-usa-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2023
Raw hash: c9f7b784da6692db8da7116492cc291002055427eceafebeb7304819c2bb5617

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDrug Free Workplaces

Victim entityDrug Free Workplaces

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov