Social EngineeringTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Nomad Global Communications Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 20, 2017

Filed

Feb 23, 2017

To disclose

3 days

Affected

129state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nomad Global Communications Solutions →2 incidents on file

Nomad Global Communication Solutions, Inc. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident on Feb 23, 2017, discovered Feb 20, 2017. Attackers used phishing to access W-2 data (names, SSNs, wages) of current/former employees. Nomad offered 12 months of identity protection via AllClear ID and is enhancing security controls.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 3 days

Feb 20, 2017

Discovered

Feb 23, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed129 affectedView incident

Name: Nomad Global Communications Solutions
norm: nomad global communications
Domain: nomadgcs.com

Name: Nomad Global Communications Solutions
norm: nomad global communications
Domain: nomadgcs.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2017
Affected individuals: 129state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
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: Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Provided AllClear Identity Repair service
Provided AllClear Credit Monitoring service
Changes made: Evaluating our controls
Implementing additional technical and administrative measures to enhance information security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 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/Nomad-Global-Communication-Solutions.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2017
Raw hash: d80fc7fa0e8c5b3c4c3c283c88a9450c92c08e0e03b5500cc91d959d605698b8

Reporting entityNomad Global Communications Solutions

Victim entityNomad Global Communications Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2017

Stated responseArranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov