HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDCredentialsMediumActive

Blue Beacon International

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2018

Filed

Apr 6, 2018

To disclose

22 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Blue Beacon International →2 incidents on file

Blue Beacon International, Inc. notified employees that on March 15, 2018, unauthorized access to the employee portal occurred. Affected data included Social Security numbers and portal login credentials. The company disabled the portal, engaged forensic professionals, notified the FBI and IRS, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Mar 15, 2018

Discovered

Apr 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2f792857b2185fbc2018-04-06Verified
California State AGbd_f13efce6bc327e8e2018-04-06Verified

Name: Blue Beacon International
norm: blue beacon

Name: Blue Beacon International
norm: blue beacon
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 3, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation unit (IRS/CI)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled our employee portal site
Launched an investigation led by an expert team of data security response professionals
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation unit (IRS/CI)
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Adding additional security features for the employee portal
Implementing other enhancements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 6 · first

California State AGApr 6 · first

Montana State AGApr 6 · first · this page

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/Blue-Beacon.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2018
Raw hash: 5ce0fae9b0ad704914a7eada78aa4ff94fc8cfd8428c934d7c18867c4d61fd02

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlue Beacon International

Victim entityBlue Beacon International

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2018

Stated responseDisabled our employee portal site

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov