Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIICredentialsLowContained

Unique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 24, 2022

Filed

Feb 1, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Unique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC →

Unique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on October 24, 2022, involving suspicious activity on an employee email account. The breach likely exposed PII and credentials. No evidence of misuse was found. The company engaged forensic experts, secured the environment, and provided free credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Oct 24, 2022

Discovered

Feb 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 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_1c223ebdf4a110c42023-02-06 · +5dVerified

Name: Unique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC
norm: unique surety and insurance

Name: Unique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC
norm: unique surety and insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 24, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented incident response protocols
Took steps to secure the environment
Engaged independent computer forensic experts to assist with an investigation
Conducted a thorough investigation of the contents of that account
Changed passwords and updated our systems
Arranged for you to receive credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost to you
Changes made: Changed passwords
Updated our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 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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Montana State AGFeb 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (MT), last Feb 6 (MA) — a 5-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-54.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 1, 2023
Raw hash: 419a3446b1bdfd07bacefe74402cf907a11c953eb2cc2bc2348a68a7bbadf30b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC

Victim entityUnique Surety and Insurance Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2022

Stated responseImplemented incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov