Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingTargetedGovernment IDPIIMediumActive

ADF International, Inc.

bd_b747b5705f4a9992 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2017

Filed

Mar 13, 2017

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

307state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ADF International, Inc. →

ADF International, Inc. notified Montana employees that their 2016 W-2s were compromised following fraudulent tax return filings. The breach resulted from phishing attacks targeting employees. The company reported the incident to the IRS, FTC, Montana DOJ, and local law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Mar 13, 2017

Discovered

Mar 13, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_75096523379185012017-04-12 · +30dVerified

Name: ADF International, Inc.
norm: adf international
Domain: adfgroup.com

Name: ADF International, Inc.
norm: adf international
Domain: adfgroup.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 13, 2017
Affected individuals: 307state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Montana Department of RevenueFiled report with Internal Revenue ServiceFiled report with Federal Trade CommissionFiled report with Montana Department of Justice Office of Consumer Protection
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted the Department of Revenue and provided information
Notified other participating states via multi-state information exchange program
Filed a report with the Internal Revenue Service
Filed a report with the Federal Trade Commission
Filed a report with the Montana Department of Justice Office of Consumer Protection
Notified local law enforcement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGMar 13 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Mar 13 (MT), last Apr 12 (NH) — 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/ADF-International.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2017
Raw hash: 4b3b6c33f67c6522410e3fa6242cf83abbb69643553420539799754ceb485bd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityADF International, Inc.

Victim entityADF International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2017

Stated responseContacted the Department of Revenue and provided information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov