Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Professional Golfers' Association of America

bd_55ad32933fb49435 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 27, 2019

Filed

Oct 4, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Professional Golfers' Association of America →

PGA notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Dec 7-27, 2018, discovered Aug 27, 2019. Personal info was present in impacted accounts. No evidence of misuse. Kroll identity monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 263 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Dec 7, 2018

Begins

Aug 27, 2019

Discovered

Oct 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2e0dd8f4215a6d832019-10-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_897d8d025355a7c62019-10-08 · +4dVerified

Name: Professional Golfers' Association of America
norm: professional golfers association of america

Name: Professional Golfers' Association of America
norm: professional golfers association of america
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2018 – Dec 27, 2018
Undetected for: 263 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged leading computer forensics experts
Undertook a comprehensive review of the impacted email accounts
Notified law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring services
Changes made: Strengthen the security of our systems, including our email accounts
Continues to review its security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 4 · first

Montana State AGOct 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/OCP/Consumer-Notice-38.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 4, 2019
Raw hash: ba089b3ae065095e5b913a7e7ba9f7186e2eb85c48ec012d1b1c9331349c7257

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Golfers' Association of America

Victim entityProfessional Golfers' Association of America

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov