HackingTelecom & MediaInformationVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Assist Wireless

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 31, 2020

Filed

Oct 12, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Assist Wireless →

Assist Wireless notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on August 31, 2020, involving its website. The incident may have exposed names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and passport numbers. The company enhanced system security and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Aug 31, 2020

Discovered

Oct 12, 2020

Filed

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_4ca5ff43e3e058e42020-10-12Verified

Name: Assist Wireless
norm: assist wireless
Domain: assistwireless.com

Name: Assist Wireless
norm: assist wireless
Domain: assistwireless.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Offering free identity monitoring and recovery services for 12 months through Experian
Enhanced the security of our system
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 AGOct 12 · first

Montana State AGOct 12 · 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/asstsamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2020
Raw hash: ef7aafd4860503ab40cfc88487eb55b0ee81520ab625c5ef339905cbb2493c23

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAssist Wireless

Victim entityAssist Wireless

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2020

Stated responseOffering free identity monitoring and recovery services for 12 months through Experian

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov