HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Image-I-Nation Technologies, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 20, 2018

Filed

Feb 4, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3,991state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Image-I-Nation Technologies, Inc. →

Image-I-Nation Technologies, Inc. notified South Carolina of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between Nov 1-15, 2018. Discovered Dec 20, 2018. Personal info including names, DOBs, addresses, and SSNs was accessed. Company engaged forensic IT firm, enhanced security, and notified credit bureaus.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due7 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 · 49 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Nov 1, 2018

Begins

Dec 20, 2018

Discovered

Feb 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Oregon State AGbd_b684e197aa015a972019-02-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_462faaa74c94f9ee2019-02-01 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_04daa264c6887bed2019-02-08 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5bfaf1b8a19e41ac2019-01-30 · +5dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_f1ab7fbabcca6bee2019-01-30 · +5dCandidate

Name: Image-I-Nation Technologies, Inc.
norm: image i nation

Name: Image-I-Nation Technologies, Inc.
norm: image i nation
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2018 – Nov 15, 2018
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 29, 2019
Affected individuals: 3,991state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted an investigation to determine how this incident occurred and who was impacted
Retained a forensic IT firm to conduct an analysis and remediation of our system
Reviewed our internal data management and protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures
Notifying the three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent this type of incident from recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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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New Hampshire State AGJan 30 · first

Washington State AGJan 30 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Montana State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jan 30 (NH), last Feb 8 (MT) — a 9-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2019/Image-I-NationTechnologies%2CInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2019
Raw hash: fe7b9a71fad4af0cdc71e77d55b355c2d07b1bdc1cf8b2669b2112c062532f22

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityImage-I-Nation Technologies, Inc.

Victim entityImage-I-Nation Technologies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2018

Stated responseConducted an investigation to determine how this incident occurred and who was impacted

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov