HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Peggy Olson

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 2, 2015

Filed

Oct 9, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

26state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Peggy Olson →

Peggy Olson, an accounting practice in Cavalier, ND, reported a security incident on September 2, 2015, where a virus infected her computer and an unauthorized individual may have gained access for less than one hour. 26 Washington residents were affected, with names, addresses, and SSNs potentially exposed. Notification was sent on October 9, 2015.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Sep 2, 2015

Begins

Sep 2, 2015

Discovered

Oct 9, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed26 affectedView incident

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Peggy Olson
norm: peggy olson
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 2, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2015
Affected individuals: 26state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement to report the incident
Secured the computer
Began an investigation
Offering potentially impacted individuals credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost to the individual through Kroll
Changes made: Replacing the impacted computer with a new computer
Encrypting the hard drive
Updating the virus software
Adding malware detection software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9593.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2015
Raw hash: ecb2d9a69a54910fbc3e01f37c27aa1b6ba6115c8c1a4d685d899920b7f58507

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityPeggy Olson

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2015

Stated responseContacted law enforcement to report the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com