PhysicalGovernmentGovernmentLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Regional Income Tax Agency

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 10, 2015

Filed

Dec 31, 2015

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

38state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) notified Washington AG that a missing DVD containing backup copies of income tax documents (names, SSNs, DOBs, potential financial data) was discovered on Nov 10, 2015. 38 Washington residents were affected. Notifications mailed Dec 31, 2015. RITA engaged Experian for credit monitoring and implemented a more secure backup process.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Nov 10, 2015

Discovered

Dec 31, 2015

Filed

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

Montana State AGbd_b0c4298c97df7e862015-12-31Verified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Regional Income Tax Agency
norm: regional income tax agency
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 10, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2015
Affected individuals: 38state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Began a thorough investigation to try and locate the DVD
Engaged Experian to offer credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented a more secure process for backing up this type of data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 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 AGDec 31 · first

Washington State AGDec 31 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9603.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2015
Raw hash: b33936cb91b22a510c5334a469e7a752059a8be6b648eed9977e18957973a7f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityRegional Income Tax Agency

Incidentdiscovered Nov 10, 2015

Stated responseBegan a thorough investigation to try and locate the DVD

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com