Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Amani Center

bd_b714ebb6275ca36f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

Dec 29, 2023

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

The Amani Center (dba Columbia County Child Abuse Assessment Center) notified Montana residents of a phishing incident affecting an employee email account. Unauthorized access occurred between August 7 and August 18, 2023. Personal information (name and other elements) was at risk, though no misuse was detected. The organization engaged third-party specialists, implemented technical safeguards, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Aug 7, 2023

Begins

Aug 18, 2023

Discovered

Dec 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Columbia County Child Abuse Assessment Center
norm: columbia county child abuse assessment center

Name: The Amani Center
norm: amani center
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 18, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took immediate action to address and investigate the incident, supported by third-party specialists
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession
Providing you access to <12/24> months of credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost to you
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-998.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2023
Raw hash: cf4923c3c7d523f3cc42cc487d4c5c1b1925769c05a162dec155e3541317622e

Reporting entityColumbia County Child Abuse Assessment Center

Victim entityThe Amani Center

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate action to address and investigate the incident, supported by third-party specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov