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HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationVulnerability ExploitZero-DayData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Westat, Inc.

bd_8839ed78d8414049 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

Jul 21, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

68state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Westat, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Westat, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach involving third-party vendor MOVEit. A zero-day vulnerability allowed unauthorized copying of data between May 28-29, 2023. Impacted data included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Westat engaged forensic specialists, applied patches, and offered credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

May 30, 2023

Discovered

Jul 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 105d gap

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJul 21 · first
New Hampshire State AGJul 21 · first
Indiana State AGJul 21 · first
Maine State AGJul 21 · first
Massachusetts State AGJul 21 · first
Montana State AGJul 21 · first · this page
HHS OCR+105d

Pattern: first filing Jul 21 (VT), last Nov 3 (MD) — a 105-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.