Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sentinel Technologies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sentinel Technologies →

Sentinel Technologies Inc. notified employees of a data security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed a corporate email account via phishing in October 2020. The access occurred between October 1 and October 31, 2020, and was discovered on November 18, 2020. The accessed account contained employees' names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Sentinel reset passwords, engaged Norton LifeLock for identity monitoring, and mandated security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Oct 1, 2020

Begins

Nov 18, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7f2a347c10077b372020-12-23Verified

Name: Sentinel Technologies
norm: sentinel technologies
Domain: sentinelke.com

Name: Sentinel Technologies
norm: sentinel technologies
Domain: sentinelke.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Undetected for: 48 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the employee’s password
Began an internal investigation
Conducted a thorough review of the impacted email account
Secured the services of Norton LifeLock to provide identity monitoring
Reset the impacted employee’s password
All employees will undergo additional data security and privacy training
Looking into additional security features designed to further protect personal information within the email environment
Changes made: All employees will undergo additional data security and privacy training
Looking into additional security features designed to further protect personal information within the email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGDec 23 · first

Montana State AGDec 23 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Sentinel-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2020
Raw hash: 799be9e3a74ade5b54c7f22e4ebe78b1ee606cf7ece6887dc5949c594e9b43df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySentinel Technologies

Victim entitySentinel Technologies

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2020

Stated responseChanged the employee’s password

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov