HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceVulnerability ExploitZero-DayData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Sovos Compliance, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 12, 2023

Filed

Sep 22, 2023

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

1,450state residents only

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Sovos Compliance, LLC →

Sovos Compliance, LLC reported unauthorized access to its MOVEit Transfer application in May 2023. The incident involved exploitation of a previously unknown vulnerability (zero-day) to exfiltrate personal information including names, SSNs, and financial data. 1,450 Washington residents were affected. Sovos engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d15 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

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

Jun 12, 2023

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 26 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1ad22c3922f21ff62023-09-22Verified
California State AGbd_2644df19a41ec8302023-09-22Verified
Oregon State AGbd_40393771a63e83722023-09-22Verified
Vermont State AGbd_7d54e64352e44cf52023-09-22Verified

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Maine State AGbd_9c65f917da81d4d82023-09-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fd9a9a297311db802023-09-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_1d16661cc5f0c5c22023-09-05 · +17dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_feeca91083c9d9dd2023-08-24 · +29dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_084e33a4c378d5342023-08-23 · +30dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_1263c3b0407347452023-08-23 · +30dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Sovos Compliance, LLC
norm: sovos compliance
Industry: Finance

Name: Sovos Compliance, LLC
norm: sovos compliance
Industry: Finance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jun 12, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,450state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the affected application offline
Activated its incident response procedures
Outside advisors and cybersecurity experts were retained to assist in the evaluation of the situation
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 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 · 11 filings · 9 states

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Vermont State AGAug 23 · first

Delaware State AGAug 23 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d

Maine State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+30d

California State AG+30d

Oregon State AG+30d

Vermont State AG+30d

Maine State AG+30d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Washington State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (VT), last Sep 22 (WA) — a 30-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 25 — 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/BreachA26578.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2023
Raw hash: 216ada654dbaa1ec7f5d8d40f86ab7361b7d7e707a94a6b8abae2a5ae8996659

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySovos Compliance, LLC

Victim entitySovos Compliance, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 12, 2023

Stated responseTook the affected application offline

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com