Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Scheveck & Salminen

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

May 31, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Confidence

64%

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Scheveck & Salminen notified Montana residents of a phishing attack compromising a single email account between Jan 10 and Feb 27, 2025. Personal info including name, driver's license, and SSN was involved. The firm engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

Jan 10, 2025

Begins

Feb 27, 2025

Discovered

May 31, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18 affectedView incident

Name: Scheveck & Salminen
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Name: Scheveck & Salminen
norm: scheveck salminen
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2025 – Feb 27, 2025
Undetected for: 48 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaging a forensic services company
Conducted a detailed and thorough review of the emails and files
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorksSM for 12 months
Changes made: Reviewing our systems and making improvements where we can to minimize the chances of this happening again
Reviewing how we store information
How we train employees
Related safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/2025/05/Consumer-notification-letter-7.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2025
Raw hash: 6d3f6599fa992a02c574279257dfe1df558d9c804f74d3d53f1a5466a3d3156e

Reporting entityScheveck & Salminen

Victim entityScheveck & Salminen

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2025

Stated responseEngaging a forensic services company

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov