Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Ursus, Inc.

bd_9d0cf604079ee6db · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2016

Filed

Sep 15, 2016

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ursus, Inc. →

Ursus Holdings, LLC notified Montana residents of a security incident discovered on April 25, 2016, where employee email credentials were compromised via phishing. While no customer PII was confirmed accessed, the compromised accounts contained PII including SSNs and financial data. Ursus provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity repair services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

Apr 25, 2016

Discovered

Sep 15, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9d51c563f8db9ca82016-09-12 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_99a53da8602d20da2016-09-19 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_16435c4852f6ec482016-09-08 · +7dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Apr 25, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2016
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working closely with law enforcement to ensure the incident is properly addressed
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took action to investigate the incident and secure any accounts that may have been compromised
Implemented enhanced security measures with respect to our employees' email accounts
Provided training to our employees
Working closely with law enforcement to ensure the incident is properly addressed
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures with respect to our employees' email accounts
Provided training to our employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 8 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Montana State AG+7d · this page

California State AG+11d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ursus-Holdings-LLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2016
Raw hash: 0c3b786c7547803b52b5a23da2150e7cbb0a11cf635ee890546669bde8586c4b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUrsus, Inc.

Victim entityUrsus, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2016

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov