HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

TALX

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 11, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for TALX →4 incidents on file

TALX Corporation, a subsidiary of Equifax, notified individuals of unauthorized access to payroll portal accounts between Jan 2016 and Mar 2017. Attackers used personal info to reset PINs. Data exposed included W-2/1095-C forms, SSNs, names, addresses, and financial info. TALX notified law enforcement and IRS, reset credentials, and provided 24 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

Jan 4, 2016

Begins

May 11, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_917cb2bcc4d4ab1f2017-05-15 · +4dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_3bad998c067995d72017-05-23 · +12dVerified

Name: TALX
norm: talx

Name: TALX
norm: talx
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2016 – Mar 29, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Notified state tax authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and state tax authorities
Implemented additional security measures, including enhanced fraud monitoring
Reset PINs to the original default PIN assigned by Allegis
Removed unverified contact information (email addresses and phone numbers) associated with accounts
Added valid contact information from Allegis for the purpose of resetting PINs
Arranged for AllClearID to provide identity protection services for 24 months at no cost
Changes made: Implemented enhanced fraud monitoring
Reset PINs to original default
Removed unverified contact information
Added valid contact information from employer
Encouraged creation of new PINs and verification of contact information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGMay 11 · first · this page

Washington State AG+4d

California State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing May 11 (MT), last May 23 (CA) — a 12-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/TALX.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2017
Raw hash: 438e2e7b47bbd6960dbf572f5797883caf2bb10541a5d157a87a9ac7cbb06a19

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTALX

Victim entityTALX

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and state tax authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov