MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Apartment Management Consultants, LLC

bd_a493f297dfd53bf0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 3, 2017

Filed

Jul 24, 2017

To disclose

21 days

Affected

138

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Apartment Management Consultants, LLC →

Apartment Management Consultants, LLC notified employees of a data breach occurring June 29-July 3, 2017. Hackers used malware to access the payroll system, attempting to change direct deposit info for 138 employees. Personal data including SSNs and bank account numbers may have been accessed. AMC is working with law enforcement and has implemented additional security measures.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Jun 29, 2017

Begins

Jul 3, 2017

Discovered

Jul 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_6e17d16f891ff8e42017-07-14 · +10dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_b7b4f0b42f8fd7032017-07-14 · +10dVerified

Name: Apartment Management Consultants, LLC
norm: apartment management consultants
Domain: amcellc.net

Name: Apartment Management Consultants, LLC
norm: apartment management consultants
Domain: amcellc.net
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2017 – Jul 3, 2017
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2017
Affected individuals: 138nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Conducting a thorough review of the potentially affected payroll system
Implemented additional security measures
Working with law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to help prevent a recurrence
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Oregon State AGJul 14 · first

Montana State AGJul 14 · first

South Carolina State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (OR), last Jul 24 (SC) — a 10-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/ApartmentManagementConsultantsLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2017
Raw hash: 929b7afa70b514407bc332822ef60d4fd97454fa0aa0d72d32067cedb64cbbe1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityApartment Management Consultants, LLC

Victim entityApartment Management Consultants, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 3, 2017

Stated responseConducting a thorough review of the potentially affected payroll system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov