Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Discover Technologies LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 4, 2020

Filed

Mar 12, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Discover Technologies LLC →

Discover Technologies LLC notified Montana residents of a phishing campaign targeting employee email accounts. Unauthorized access occurred between Sept 23 and Dec 6, 2020. The company reset passwords, provided credit monitoring, and enhanced employee training. The specific data accessed was not fully determined but included names.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 98 days

Sep 23, 2020

Begins

Dec 4, 2020

Discovered

Mar 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: Discover Technologies LLC
norm: discover technologies
Domain: discovertechnologies.com

Name: Discover Technologies LLC
norm: discover technologies
Domain: discovertechnologies.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2020 – Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Undertook a thorough review of the accounts
Resetting the affected employees’ email account passwords
Providing enhanced training to employees on the how to detect suspicious emails
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures to better prevent future events
Providing 12 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Enhanced training to employees on the how to detect suspicious emails
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures to better prevent future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(98 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/discSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2021
Raw hash: fad6995e1882917da26a7637f45379a82eb07ae957e5721db6f344df50d4c655

Reporting entityDiscover Technologies LLC

Victim entityDiscover Technologies LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov