Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Penn-Mar Human Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 10, 2019

Filed

Sep 5, 2019

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Penn-Mar Human Services →2 incidents on file

Penn-Mar Human Services notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on April 10, 2019, where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account via phishing, potentially exposing names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged Kroll for identity monitoring and implemented MFA and credential resets.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Apr 10, 2019

Discovered

Sep 5, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0eb0ad98ac5260e02019-09-05Verified

Name: Penn-Mar Human Services
norm: penn mar human

Name: Penn-Mar Human Services
norm: penn mar human
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 10, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Forcing all employees to change credentials
Strengthening our cybersecurity posture by making changes to our email password policies
Limiting or blocking inbox rules in Office 365 based on employee role
Increasing training and awareness related to identifying fraudulent emails
Implementing multi-factor authentication office-wide
Changes made: Forcing all employees to change credentials
Strengthening our cybersecurity posture by making changes to our email password policies
Limiting or blocking inbox rules in Office 365 based on employee role
Increasing training and awareness related to identifying fraudulent emails
Implementing multi-factor authentication office-wide
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 5 · first

Montana State AGSep 5 · 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/OCP/Consumer-Notice-28.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 5, 2019
Raw hash: d216d1567926a8349563efb438ccbcc8417ce7784059bc6a998109079504fb20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPenn-Mar Human Services

Victim entityPenn-Mar Human Services

Incidentdiscovered Apr 10, 2019

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov