Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

Airefco, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 17, 2023

Filed

Dec 6, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Airefco, Inc →

Airefco, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where an employee email account was compromised via phishing between June 9 and July 6, 2023. The incident was discovered on August 17, 2023. Potentially exposed data included Social Security numbers. No confirmed access was found, but identity monitoring services were provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 69 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Jun 9, 2023

Begins

Aug 17, 2023

Discovered

Dec 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Name: Airefco, Inc
norm: airefco

Name: Airefco, Inc
norm: airefco
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 9, 2023 – Jul 6, 2023
Undetected for: 69 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Conducted a comprehensive review of available information regarding activity in the email account
Conducted a thorough review of all potentially affected Airefco systems
Retained an independent forensic investigation team
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for 12 months
Changes made: Implemented several changes to protect data from any subsequent incidents
Working to identify vulnerabilities in systems and implement appropriate remedial action
Enhanced employee training protocols
Accelerating efforts to further harden environment through various enhancements and other security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-921.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2023
Raw hash: 2ab0a21bd316e8dfead110df605eef3cfff769e2b4e00be831717c778eb83a48

Reporting entityAirefco, Inc

Victim entityAirefco, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Aug 17, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov