Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CPT Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 8, 2018

Filed

May 8, 2018

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CPT Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

CPT Group, Inc. notified individuals of a phishing incident where an employee's email account was accessed by an unauthorized party from Nov 22 to Dec 8, 2017. The incident was discovered on Feb 8, 2018. Affected data included names, addresses, and SSNs. CPT engaged forensic investigators, implemented MFA, and provided one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Nov 22, 2017

Begins

Feb 8, 2018

Discovered

May 8, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_9d154eb6b5f6bc2e2018-05-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8095bef0d2d971ef2018-04-30 · +8dVerified
California State AGbd_4a1db9b56411442e2018-04-27 · +11dCandidate

Name: CPT Group, Inc.
norm: cpt group

Name: CPT Group, Inc.
norm: cpt group
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 8, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2017 – Dec 8, 2017
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2018
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Conducted investigation with the assistance of a computer forensics firm
Offered a complimentary one-year membership to Kroll Identity Monitoring
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication
Re-educating and training its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGApr 27 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Delaware State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 27 (CA), last May 8 (MT) — a 11-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/CPT-Group-Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2018
Raw hash: 062c877da3f0a58e617a1d226e989ed073e4a0486be49a077c7f8f6648ee02f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCPT Group, Inc.

Victim entityCPT Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 8, 2018

Stated responseConducted investigation with the assistance of a computer forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov