AccidentalTelecom & MediaInformationMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighResolved

Telmate, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 13, 2020

Filed

May 7, 2021

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

4,257state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Telmate, LLC →2 incidents on file

Telmate, LLC notified Washington AG of a data breach affecting 4,257 residents. Due to a vendor error, personal info (SSN, DL, financial, PHI) was accessible on an unsecured server. Discovered Aug 13, 2020; notified May 7, 2021. Telmate engaged forensic firms, secured the server, notified FBI/Secret Service, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d38 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 267 days

Aug 13, 2020

Discovered

May 7, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_0dad3edb4b61c6522021-05-07Candidate
California State AGbd_1a578919c9009ab42021-05-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8476522a073075982021-05-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1446e61be0578c72021-05-07Verified

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Montana State AGbd_e418fe51c7cec7312021-05-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e6eb0c4b62b6fe8e2021-05-07Verified

Name: DLA PIPER LLP (US)
norm: dla piper llp us

Name: Telmate, LLC
norm: telmate
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Aug 13, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 7, 2021
Affected individuals: 4,257state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the U.S. Secret ServiceReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Engaged various third-party cybersecurity firms to assist in investigating
Secured the impacted server
Reported the incident to the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Provided a general notice of the incident on its website
Offered 12 month subscription to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax
Changes made: Security was updated
Corrected the access issue within the same day
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(267 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Oregon State AGMay 7 · first

California State AGMay 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 7 · first

Montana State AGMay 7 · first

Indiana State AGMay 7 · first

Washington State AGMay 7 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10462.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 7, 2021
Raw hash: 1ecc3e438ce8924c47a78dc9cbae7d9441c41cb79064fd37120c7e9f83c56788

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDLA PIPER LLP (US)

Victim entityTelmate, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 13, 2020

Stated responseEngaged various third-party cybersecurity firms to assist in investigating

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com