MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHighContained

Landmark Admin

bd_b9b1aa056e46bc9f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 13, 2024

Filed

Oct 23, 2024

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

4,795state residents only

Linked

16 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Landmark Admin →9 incidents on file

Landmark Admin, LLC, a third-party administrator for insurance carriers, reported a ransomware incident discovered on May 13, 2024. Unauthorized access occurred between May 13 and June 17, 2024, resulting in data encryption and exfiltration. The breach compromised personal information including names, SSNs, tax IDs, driver's licenses, passport numbers, bank account details, and medical information. 4,795 Washington residents were notified on October 23, 2024. Landmark engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and implemented extensive security hardening measures including MFA and new firewalls.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

May 13, 2024

Begins

May 13, 2024

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 16 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_694502fe4f1453a62024-10-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6c7ccc9b72bce2702024-10-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_73af656696be6b732024-10-23Candidate
California State AGbd_af6fea4c2516a11a2024-10-23Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 170d gap

Delaware State AGbd_f2927f007bf0104d2024-10-23Verified
Vermont State AGbd_fa4dac0cae950a092024-10-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_83109b510e4ed7122024-10-28 · +5dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_19c021424afbcfb22025-04-11 · +170dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_473e2e2588c355282025-04-11 · +170dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_9e8821db12aad8972025-04-11 · +170dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 15 linked disclosures.

Name: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman and dicker

Name: Landmark Admin
norm: landmark admin
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 13, 2024
Breach occurred: May 13, 2024 – Jun 17, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,795state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Disconnected affected systems and remote access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to assist with securing the environment and to conduct a comprehensive forensic investigation
Notified law enforcement of this incident
Changes made: Acquired servers and deployed after server hardening
Deployed a new firewall with the latest firmware
Obtained new external IP address assigned by a new Internet Service Provider
Implemented new domain controllers with new account naming conventions and forced new passwords
Enabled BitLocker on all hard drives
Reimaged all printers on the network
Reimaged all network switches and updated to the latest firmware
Reimaged and updated all IoT devices with the latest firmware
Provided additional security training for all staff members
Restricted all points of access to its systems
Engaged a managed service provider to supplement the existing strong security posture with additional monitoring and protection software
Requires multifactor authentication for all devices (for both user and administrator logins)
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGOct 23 · first

Indiana State AGOct 23 · first

Maine State AGOct 23 · first

California State AGOct 23 · first

Delaware State AGOct 23 · first

Vermont State AGOct 23 · first

Washington State AGOct 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

California State AG+170d

Maine State AG+170d

Washington State AG+170d

Pattern: first filing Oct 23 (OR), last Apr 11 (WA) — a 170-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 15 — the full spread may be wider.

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/BreachA31111.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 23, 2024
Raw hash: 3b3aa2d2270cac60c8c0d2a4cbb67d3dfb1dde87af34320d3ed3b8f62ea1ff6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP

Victim entityLandmark Admin

Incidentdiscovered May 13, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected affected systems and remote access to the network

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com