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WISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2017

Filed

Feb 27, 2017

To disclose

17 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for WISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC. →

Wisenbaker Builder Services notified employees of a phishing attack on Feb 10, 2017, where W-2 forms for Texas employees were sent to a fraudulent email. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and wages. The company engaged the FBI and IRS, offered credit monitoring, and is enhancing security training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 days

Feb 10, 2017

Begins

Feb 10, 2017

Discovered

Feb 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: WISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC.
norm: wisenbaker builder

Name: WISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC.
norm: wisenbaker builder
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 10, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the IRSContacted the FBIWill be contacting the relevant state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Making arrangements with vendors to provide credit monitoring and restoration services at no cost
Contacted the IRS and FBI
Will be contacting the relevant state Attorneys General
IT team is assessing the security and soundness of systems
Establishing a call center for employee questions
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 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/Wisenbaker-Builder-Services.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2017
Raw hash: f15fdfe46c51a285393ca8ec38f2b6d30ce33dd3b303d2302b65187afc3687fb

Reporting entityWISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC.

Victim entityWISENBAKER BUILDER SERVICES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2017

Stated responseMaking arrangements with vendors to provide credit monitoring and restoration services at no cost

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov