Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mindlance, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2017

Filed

Jan 19, 2018

To disclose

21 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Mindlance, Inc. notified Montana employees of a breach where stolen confidential information (names and SSNs) was emailed to current employees on Dec 29, 2017, following access on Dec 28. Mindlance notified law enforcement, quarantined emails, and offered one year of Experian identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Dec 28, 2017

Begins

Dec 29, 2017

Discovered

Jan 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_103d1af78bdd1c9e2018-01-19Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b1b00687687c79752018-01-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d72d79c0ecf5814f2018-01-19Verified

Name: Mindlance, Inc.
norm: mindlance

Name: Mindlance, Inc.
norm: mindlance
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 28, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Quarantined the e-mails
Restricted access to senior management
Offering one year of identity protection services at no cost to you through Experian
Changes made: Conducting a thorough review of its current policies and procedures
Evaluate what additional steps are needed to enhance the strong protections we already have in place for safeguarding personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 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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California State AGJan 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Mindlance-Inc.-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2018
Raw hash: 650f0580f93d1b017b9eb6d25340861c7d81f9324bb7ccbf18f79828aaadd84c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMindlance, Inc.

Victim entityMindlance, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2017

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov