Social EngineeringTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationPhishingBECRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Advanced Technology Ventures

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2018

Filed

May 31, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

330state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Advanced Technology Ventures →2 incidents on file

Advanced Technology Group notified employees in May 2018 that a phishing campaign in late 2017 led to unauthorized access to some Office 365 accounts. Personal information, including SSNs, may have been exposed. ATG engaged forensic investigators, contacted law enforcement, and implemented MFA. Two years of credit monitoring were offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 150 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Dec 1, 2017

Begins

Apr 30, 2018

Discovered

May 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0748fa59bdfdad5f2018-06-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Advanced Technology Ventures
norm: advanced technology
Domain: atginfo.com

Name: Advanced Technology Ventures
norm: advanced technology
Domain: atginfo.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2018
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
Undetected for: 150 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 11, 2018
Affected individuals: 330state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Brought in a leading third party forensic investigation firm
Contacted law enforcement
Upgraded our IT systems
Engaged forensic investigators, other cybersecurity experts and law enforcement officers
Changes made: Implemented a number of enhanced security measures including multifactor authentication for our Office 365 accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGMay 31 · first · this page

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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/Advanced-Technology-Group.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2018
Raw hash: 75cc838a79c4ad4e125ad9bf50ad06946a3364127ee77e069a2dcfbb2b1b8d77

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvanced Technology Ventures

Victim entityAdvanced Technology Ventures

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2018

Stated responseBrought in a leading third party forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov