HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitZero-DaySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sovos Compliance, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 13, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sovos Compliance, LLC →

Sovos Compliance, LLC notified the California AG of a security event where unauthorized actors exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer application. The breach occurred between May 27 and May 30, 2023, and was discovered on May 31, 2023. Personal information, including names and potentially Social Security numbers, was exfiltrated. Sovos took the application offline, engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 26 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_084e33a4c378d5342023-08-23 · +41dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_feeca91083c9d9dd2023-08-24 · +42dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1d16661cc5f0c5c22023-09-05 · +54dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1ad22c3922f21ff62023-09-22 · +71dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 71d gap

California State AGbd_2644df19a41ec8302023-09-22 · +71dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_40393771a63e83722023-09-22 · +71dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_7d54e64352e44cf52023-09-22 · +71dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9c65f917da81d4d82023-09-22 · +71dVerified
Washington State AGbd_bfa8650066e498842023-09-22 · +71dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fd9a9a297311db802023-09-22 · +71dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Sovos Compliance, LLC
norm: sovos compliance

Name: Sovos Compliance, LLC
norm: sovos compliance
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the affected application offline
Retained outside advisors and cybersecurity experts to assist in the evaluation of the situation
Notified law enforcement
Offering two years of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJul 13 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+41d

South Carolina State AG+42d

Maine State AG+54d

Massachusetts State AG+71d

California State AG+71d

Oregon State AG+71d

Vermont State AG+71d

Maine State AG+71d

Washington State AG+71d

New Hampshire State AG+71d

Pattern: first filing Jul 13 (CA), last Sep 22 (NH) — a 71-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 25 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-570206
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 13, 2023
Raw hash: cea7828dcc3c33342d9947408bf84307f8459c65a4df6b0939e5677c508bfa84

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySovos Compliance, LLC

Victim entitySovos Compliance, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseTook the affected application offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov