MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Certified Title Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 26, 2022

Filed

Mar 22, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Certified Title Corporation →

Certified Title Corporation notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on third-party cloud provider Cloudstar. The incident, occurring July 16, 2021, resulted in data exfiltration. Certified Title confirmed on Jan 26, 2022, that personal info (SSN, DOB, DL, financial data) was leaked. Notices sent March 23, 2022, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 194 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Jul 16, 2021

Begins

Jan 26, 2022

Discovered

Mar 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6599ca6b4de240ca2022-03-23 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8cc28492eeb26a502022-03-23 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_962327a77cb226be2022-03-23 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_ff1b1fe5ef8024ba2022-03-23 · +1dVerified

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2021
Undetected for: 194 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured its environment and launched an investigation
Conducted a thorough investigation into the incident with the help of a qualified third-party specialists
Implemented additional safeguards and security measures
Offering you services provided by Cyberscout
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and security measures to enhance the privacy and security of information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMar 22 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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-275.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2022
Raw hash: 489cd77624a391c731be37a15a4898e571bfd4749daf4460a3476c2dc4b889ab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertified Title Corporation

Victim entityCertified Title Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2022

Stated responseSecured its environment and launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov