Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Ursus, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2016

Filed

Sep 19, 2016

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Ursus, Inc. →

Ursus Holdings, LLC experienced a data breach after employees fell victim to a phishing email with a malicious attachment, leading to compromised credentials. The incident involved potential exposure of PII including SSNs, bank account numbers, and driver's license numbers stored in Google Mail and Docs. The company detected suspicious activity on April 25, 2016, and notified affected individuals on September 15, 2016.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 25, 2016 → Notified Sep 15, 2016143d ✗ CA 60-day late21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

Mar 21, 2016

Begins

Apr 25, 2016

Discovered

Sep 19, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_9d0cf604079ee6db2016-09-15 · +4dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_9d51c563f8db9ca82016-09-12 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_16435c4852f6ec482016-09-08 · +11dVerified

Name: Ursus, Inc.
norm: ursus
Domain: ursusinc.com

Name: Ursus, Inc.
norm: ursus
Domain: ursusinc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2016 – Apr 25, 2016
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.001 Spearphishing AttachmentT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Immediately took action to investigate the incident and secure any accounts that may have been compromised
Working closely with law enforcement to ensure the incident is properly addressed
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures with respect to our employees' email accounts
Provided training to our employees
Providing identity repair and credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 143d
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: Apr 25, 2016
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2016
143d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 25, 2016 → Notified: Sep 15, 2016	143d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGSep 8 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Montana State AG+7d

California State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 8 (NH), last Sep 19 (CA) — a 11-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/sb24-63932
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2016
Raw hash: 65eba1ffe62d7ae1c1a88ae495e8f8a39589f2f1ae810de8df84e4b9931864ae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUrsus, Inc.

Victim entityUrsus, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2016

Stated responseImmediately took action to investigate the incident and secure any accounts that may have been compromised

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov