HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

DW Excavating, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 4, 2021

Filed

Nov 24, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for DW Excavating, Inc. →2 incidents on file

DW Excavating, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident. Unauthorized access occurred between Sept 27 and Oct 4, 2021. Affected data included names, addresses, and SSNs. No evidence of misuse was found. TransUnion identity monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Sep 27, 2021

Begins

Oct 4, 2021

Discovered

Nov 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: DW Excavating, Inc.
norm: dw excavating

Name: DW Excavating, Inc.
norm: dw excavating
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2021 – Oct 4, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 24, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Conducted a diligent investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident
Secured the network
Arranged to have TransUnion provide identity monitoring services to you for one (1) year at no cost to you as an added precaution
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-104.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 24, 2021
Raw hash: 24e0d502587ad0e03645f366f9dc44c6f6e2265ad232ded00cb50f6a05bfe2a1

Reporting entityDW Excavating, Inc.

Victim entityDW Excavating, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2021

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov