Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Vista Title and Escrow

bd_4fe91fa8d570ca7e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

Jun 18, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Vista Title and Escrow →

Vista Title and Escrow notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized individual accessed an email account between April 21 and April 30, 2021, likely via phishing. PII was potentially exposed. The company engaged forensic experts, enhanced security training, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Apr 21, 2021

Begins

Apr 30, 2021

Discovered

Jun 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_10934db3ff22283f2021-06-18Candidate

Name: Vista Title and Escrow
norm: vista title and escrow
Domain: vistatitle.com

Name: Vista Title and Escrow
norm: vista title and escrow
Domain: vistatitle.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2021 – Apr 30, 2021
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic experts
Secured and removed the unauthorized access to the account
Implemented additional safeguards and employee training related to cybersecurity
Working with external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Providing access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score/Cyber Monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and employee training related to cybersecurity
Working with external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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South Carolina State AGJun 18 · first

Montana State AGJun 18 · first · this page

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/vistaSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2021
Raw hash: 9ec6b743567077cc4f46a9974cedf5150d3e237f70f2b07684fe3f0e1918f315

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVista Title and Escrow

Victim entityVista Title and Escrow

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2021

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov