HackingTelecom & MediaInformationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

bd_5bb8bafcce742fa2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 30, 2021

Filed

Jan 28, 2022

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. →

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on June 30, 2021. Unauthorized access to systems containing personal information (names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses) occurred. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 212 days

Jun 30, 2021

Discovered

Jan 28, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_f852052ad829225b2022-01-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0a5437c5c7e118a82022-01-29 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_891f74af00738bec2022-01-29 · +1dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_0f7cd706ae055a872022-01-31 · +3dVerified

Name: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: farmers telephone cooperative

Name: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: farmers telephone cooperative
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jun 30, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took steps to secure our network
Engaged an independent digital forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Implemented enhanced safeguards
Changes made: Implemented enhanced safeguards to minimize the chance that an incident like this could occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(212 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+3d

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-Notification-Letter-202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2022
Raw hash: 10667e7e452cefd4a6641df8b21fedc001d6c7cab0fc8e8614cf5f52ba8cf359

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFarmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Victim entityFarmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov