Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Phase II Systems

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 31, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Phase II Systems →2 incidents on file

Phase II Systems (d/b/a PARS) experienced a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee's email account between March 31, 2021, and May 24, 2021. The accessed account contained personal information, including full names and Social Security numbers. The company secured the account, engaged external cybersecurity professionals, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Mar 31, 2021

Begins

Dec 31, 2021

Filed

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

Name: Phase II Systems
norm: phase ii

Name: Phase II Systems
norm: phase ii
Also named: Phase II Systemsdba oflegal entity
PARSdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2021 – May 24, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 28, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Offering a one-year membership in myTrueIdentity provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to secure personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-549033
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2021
Raw hash: 6be751ccfe36984c4c3dced5d392e50fcd659958e550c9b0b5105d6286b69133

Reporting entityPhase II Systems

Victim entityPhase II Systems

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov