MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Knight Barry Title

bd_b3cd7124882697cb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

Jan 31, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

6 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Knight Barry Title →

Knight Barry Title, Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on August 15, 2023. Unauthorized access occurred between July 25 and August 15, 2023, resulting in file encryption. The company restored systems by August 17, 2023, and reported the incident to law enforcement. Affected data includes names and other PII. Complimentary credit monitoring is offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Jul 25, 2023

Begins

Aug 15, 2023

Discovered

Jan 31, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by snatch about this victim was first seen 150 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesnatchbd_bb9846f1bd8b57a22023-09-04 · +149dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_706dd4fe6356d6a52024-01-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_79566bc1ccfea4be2024-01-31Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_c55f25b1769033ff2024-01-31Verified
Illinois State AGbd_2e55b9674f2f6b1e2024-01-01 · +30dVerified by operator

Name: Knight Barry Title
norm: knight barry title
Domain: knightbarry.com

Name: Knight Barry Title
norm: knight barry title
Domain: knightbarry.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2023 – Aug 15, 2023
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 31, 2024
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified relevant regulators

During the incident: Took immediate steps to ensure the security of the network and restore the systems
Systems were restored and brought back online by August 17, 2023
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Conducted a thorough and comprehensive review of the data that may have been accessed or acquired
Reported this event to law enforcement
Notified relevant regulators
Offering complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed policies, procedures, and security tools
Updated employee training program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+30d

Maine State AG+30d

Vermont State AG+30d

Montana State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 31 (MT) — a 30-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1065.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 31, 2024
Raw hash: 0c0368e113615078ff5677c692bcf5eb9bdcfd58cd7d54225c3b1ddef4c365b6

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKnight Barry Title

Victim entityKnight Barry Title

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to ensure the security of the network and restore the systems

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov