MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Security Industry Specialists

bd_7976afa78fa2bd71 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

Mar 11, 2021

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

2,264state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Security Industry Specialists →2 incidents on file

Security Industry Specialists (SIS) notified the Washington AG of a ransomware incident discovered on June 1, 2020. An unauthorized actor accessed files on SIS's network. 2,264 Washington residents were notified on March 11, 2021. SIS engaged forensic and data mining firms and offered 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d40 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 283 days

Jun 1, 2020

Discovered

Mar 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_18d70d02539cd62a2021-03-11Verified
Oregon State AGbd_213b992f3a4398ec2021-03-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7f6aa539a12be8de2021-03-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_fbfc1a833e089b032021-03-11Verified

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Illinois State AGbd_adf65f3da7caa3282021-01-01 · +69dCandidate

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Security Industry Specialists
norm: security industry specialists
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,264state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged an independent cyber forensic firm to determine what happened and if any personal information had been impacted
Engaged a data mining firm to determine the scope of the impacted individuals and information contained in the files that were accessed
Notified potentially impacted individuals regarding the incident
Provided them information about steps they can take to protect their information
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll for 12 months
Changes made: Taken steps in response to this incident to further strengthen the security of its network in an effort to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(283 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+69d

Oregon State AG+69d

Indiana State AG+69d

Maine State AG+69d

Washington State AG+69d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 11 (WA) — a 69-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10423.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2021
Raw hash: 995014614a05ea400296ef7962b947c1ba075e90df0121f6c3b4298b550cb0f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entitySecurity Industry Specialists

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2020

Stated responseEngaged an independent cyber forensic firm to determine what happened and if any personal information had been impacted

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com