MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedAuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumActive

Westcor Land Title Insurance Company

bd_b291c9b473b00c3b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 12, 2020

Filed

Aug 25, 2020

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

979state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Westcor Land Title Insurance Company →

Westcor Land Title Insurance Company notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack involving malware that impacted 979 Washington residents. Discovered Jan 12, 2020, the incident exposed names, SSNs, and usernames/passwords. Westcor engaged forensic investigators, notified residents on Aug 25, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d32 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 · 32 weeks / 226 days

Jan 12, 2020

Discovered

Aug 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_15f49abf244daf152020-08-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4363881c52bb1ff72020-08-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4f981934d27f35b42020-08-25Verified
California State AGbd_662aaffa5e48ae892020-08-25Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 237d gap

Oregon State AGbd_874c7d03627c96772020-08-25Verified
Delaware State AGbd_f960ab4024af9b332020-08-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_aac1e2702e8139362020-08-31 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_df677dcaec99788d2020-09-01 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_80306fb132a094bc2020-01-01 · +237dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Westcor Land Title Insurance Company
norm: westcor land title insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 979state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic investigators to assist in the investigation
Began providing written notice of this incident to potentially affected individuals
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewed existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 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 · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+237d

Massachusetts State AG+237d

Indiana State AG+237d

California State AG+237d

Oregon State AG+237d

Delaware State AG+237d

Washington State AG+237d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+243d

South Carolina State AG+244d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 1 (SC) — a 244-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10264.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2020
Raw hash: 3fb43252dccb5547bc57683f6fa1281c90ac745c32f163a3f1ff25144097efbb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityWestcor Land Title Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2020

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic investigators to assist in the investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com