HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC

bd_7460cb496c3cdf8b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 7, 2016

Filed

Jan 9, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Confidence

65%

LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC (dba DealerBuilt) disclosed that unauthorized access to backup data occurred between Oct 29 and Nov 7, 2016. The incident exposed names and credit card numbers. DealerBuilt engaged forensic investigators and an IT security firm, shut down affected servers, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Oct 29, 2016

Begins

Nov 7, 2016

Discovered

Jan 9, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed17 affectedView incident

Name: LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC
norm: lightyear dealer technologies

Name: LightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC
norm: lightyear dealer technologies
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2016 – Nov 7, 2016
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Changing the back up process to eliminate this vulnerability
Shutting off the affected server
Retained third party computer forensic investigators to assist with determining what, if any, information may have been exposed
Retained a separate IT security firm to assist with a security audit of our systems
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further protect our systems and the information provided to us
Providing you with information you can use to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing access to one year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 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/DealerBuilt.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2017
Raw hash: b5f170e1e15fc7d0b0b4ef87a9dd5e8d199ba3cd9a25dd9e689f96e92e47cbae

Reporting entityLightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC

Victim entityLightYear Dealer Technologies, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2016

Stated responseChanging the back up process to eliminate this vulnerability

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov