Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Bearing Distributors, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2018

Filed

Apr 6, 2018

To disclose

7 days

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bearing Distributors, Inc. →

Bearing Distributors, Inc. (BDI) disclosed a phishing incident on March 30, 2018, where an attacker spoofed the CEO's email to obtain 2017 W-2 forms from employees. The breach affected employees with names, addresses, SSNs, and wage data. BDI notified the FBI, IRS, and state authorities, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 days

Mar 30, 2018

Begins

Mar 30, 2018

Discovered

Apr 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Bearing Distributors, Inc.
norm: bearing distributors
Domain: bdi-usa.com

Name: Bearing Distributors, Inc.
norm: bearing distributors
Domain: bdi-usa.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 30, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified all State Tax AgenciesNotified the FBI Internet Crime Complaint CenterNotifying state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the IRS and all State Tax Agencies
Notified the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center
Providing complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Contacted the IRS, state taxing authorities, FBI, and local law enforcement
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to employees
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Bearing-Distributors-Inc.-BDI.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2018
Raw hash: b44ca5d19163c7131acd1619a371573ba16021287fde0228c951a5a53526acff

Reporting entityBearing Distributors, Inc.

Victim entityBearing Distributors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2018

Stated responseNotified the IRS and all State Tax Agencies

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov