HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Federal Direct Tax Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2017

Filed

Feb 22, 2017

To disclose

20 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Federal Direct Tax Services →

Federal Direct Tax Services notified Montana residents of a cyberattack discovered on Feb 2, 2017, with unauthorized access occurring since early Jan 2017. Attackers accessed ERO information including names, DOBs, and SSNs. No client tax data was targeted. FBI and IRS notified. LifeLock protection offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Jan 1, 2017

Begins

Feb 2, 2017

Discovered

Feb 22, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_db8eda71bfe0e3602017-02-24 · +2dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_d61e2691707b1e892017-03-06 · +12dCandidate

Name: Federal Direct Tax Services
norm: federal direct tax

Name: Federal Direct Tax Services
norm: federal direct tax
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2017
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Blocked the unauthorized party’s ability to access our partners’ information
Called each of our partners to inform them about the incident
Sent them a preliminary notification letter
Working with our partners, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and tax industry banking partners to mitigate any potential impact
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for possible criminal investigation
Retained LifeLock to provide one (1) year of complimentary identity theft protection
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures as needed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 22 · first · this page

Montana State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (MT), last Mar 6 (MA) — a 12-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/Federal-Direct-Tax-Services-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2017
Raw hash: fd31479edcc3e91aab48c73076fb9cc3ddf08fbcf5c4743196f3cdd88770dd52

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFederal Direct Tax Services

Victim entityFederal Direct Tax Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2017

Stated responseBlocked the unauthorized party’s ability to access our partners’ information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov