HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Unified Trust Company, N.A.

bd_97a5dddf0eeca169 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 13, 2018

Filed

Nov 28, 2018

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Unified Trust Company, N.A. →

Unified Trust Company, N.A. reported unauthorized access to two employee email accounts between February 12-13, 2018, discovered on February 13, 2018. The incident involved personal information of clients, including California and Rhode Island residents. The company engaged forensic investigators, changed passwords, implemented MFA, and offered credit monitoring. This is a supplemental notice.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 13, 2018 → Notified Nov 28, 2018288d ✗ CA 60-day late41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 288 days

Feb 12, 2018

Begins

Feb 13, 2018

Discovered

Nov 28, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

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

South Carolina State AGbd_4cb740f3d6c5b80a2018-11-13 · +15dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8c021dae427df9fd2018-11-13 · +15dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_42ed6c5382ac2c0c2018-11-07 · +21dVerified
California State AGbd_a071eca79b11746c2018-11-07 · +21dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_b63082d9bea2b6592018-11-07 · +21dCandidate

Name: Unified Trust Company, N.A.
norm: unified trust company na

Name: Unified Trust Company, N.A.
norm: unified trust company na
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2018 – Feb 13, 2018
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 28, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators
Ensured that passwords for the affected email accounts were changed
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Implemented enhanced security procedures around client accounts
Provided additional training to users on how to identify phishing scams
Continues to monitor our systems to protect the privacy and security of your personal information
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication
Implemented enhanced security procedures around client accounts
Provided additional training to users on how to identify phishing scams
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 288d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 13, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 28, 2018
288d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 13, 2018 → Notified: Nov 28, 2018	288d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 7 · first

California State AGNov 7 · first

Washington State AGNov 7 · first

South Carolina State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MA), last Nov 28 (CA) — a 21-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-142183
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 28, 2018
Raw hash: 06a3944bd73e133bab98b624711c7dd71e80dc1e8b7966a1b1de025b686375e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnified Trust Company, N.A.

Victim entityUnified Trust Company, N.A.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov