HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Coleman Professional Services Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 14, 2023

Filed

Feb 12, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Coleman Professional Services Inc. →

Coleman Professional Services, Inc. notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between September 18 and October 31, 2023. The incident involved personal information such as names. No evidence of misuse was found. The company reset passwords, investigated, and offered one year of free identity monitoring services through Kroll.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 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 · 87 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Sep 18, 2023

Begins

Dec 14, 2023

Discovered

Feb 12, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_07ae0a1fe400bee22024-02-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_558b9b326a3d18072024-02-12Verified
HHS OCRbd_55a5944d9b581f4d2024-02-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_6878a1a04f86c5e62024-02-12Verified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_dbc538b7012da8802024-02-12Verified

Name: Coleman Professional Services Inc.
norm: coleman professional

Name: Coleman Professional Services Inc.
norm: coleman professional
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2023 – Oct 31, 2023
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Blocked unauthorized users from connecting to the affected email accounts
Reset the relevant passwords
Reviewed the contents of the emails in the affected email accounts
Took additional measures to prevent unauthorized users from accessing employees’ email accounts in the future
Provided identity monitoring services through Kroll for one-year at no cost
Changes made: Took additional measures to prevent unauthorized users from accessing employees’ email accounts in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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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Montana State AGFeb 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 12 · first

HHS OCRFeb 12 · first

Maine State AGFeb 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 12 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 12 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-12-coleman-professional-services-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2024
Raw hash: 27564b7e80886bf07e36a778c088d289bd2327e2e8b6419ac74f3fc35375399a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColeman Professional Services Inc.

Victim entityColeman Professional Services Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov