HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsOpportunisticIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Empathia

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 30, 2016

Filed

Jun 3, 2016

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

151state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Empathia →

Empathia, Inc. notified individuals of a data breach discovered on January 30, 2016, involving spam files on a data server. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers. No evidence of misuse was found. Empathia engaged forensic investigators and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Jan 30, 2016

Discovered

Jun 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2091bad550519a2b2016-06-06 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_30f3bccba3dd37cd2016-06-06 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9f239711e49efe9b2016-06-06 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_f8ed756b25c108642016-06-06 · +3dVerified

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South Carolina State AGbd_d9bfe1703348f4ec2016-06-10 · +7dVerified

Name: Empathia
norm: empathia
Domain: empathia.com

Name: Empathia
norm: empathia
Domain: empathia.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 30, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2016
Affected individuals: 151state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature of the access
Hired a third party forensic investigator to supplement our investigation
Increased the security of our information technology network
Providing notice of this incident to impacted individuals
Providing you information about how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing complimentary access to 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Changes made: Increased the security of our information technology network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGJun 3 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Washington State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

California State AG+3d

South Carolina State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (MT), last Jun 10 (SC) — a 7-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/Empathia-Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2016
Raw hash: b85f63df2c200e6ff21a1031e4c49b5f3b255236801e51223538ba894f16c1c3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmpathia

Victim entityEmpathia

Incidentdiscovered Jan 30, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature of the access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov