Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Geostabilization International

bd_c66236eeba091b12 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 23, 2020

Filed

Dec 16, 2020

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Geostabilization International →

GeoStabilization International notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between April 17 and June 27, 2020. The breach was discovered on June 23, 2020. Personal information, including names, was accessed. GSI engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, implemented 2FA, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 67 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

Apr 17, 2020

Begins

Jun 23, 2020

Discovered

Dec 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0765a6a0bd8129182020-12-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3ea1694452b6a6c92020-12-18 · +2dVerified

Name: Geostabilization International
norm: geostabilization international

Name: Geostabilization International
norm: geostabilization international
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 23, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 17, 2020 – Jun 27, 2020
Undetected for: 67 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified state regulators, as required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed these employees’ passwords
Began working with third-party forensic investigators
Began an extensive review of the email accounts
Searched its internal records to locate the addresses for the potentially affected individuals
Notified state regulators
Offering twelve (12) months of complimentary access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Review our existing policies and procedures
Implement additional safeguards to further secure personal information
Resetting passwords
Implementing two-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 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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Indiana State AGDec 16 · first

Montana State AGDec 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/gsiSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2020
Raw hash: 75905b3aa566d2e939b7c30ef27ca4165330d50335e833ed1b13fcd8396d6a44

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeostabilization International

Victim entityGeostabilization International

Incidentdiscovered Jun 23, 2020

Stated responseChanged these employees’ passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov