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Whitinger & Company LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2017

Filed

Jul 18, 2017

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Whitinger & Company LLC →2 incidents on file

Whitinger & Company, LLC notified clients of a ransomware attack where unauthorized access occurred between Jan 29 and Mar 3, 2017. The breach exposed names, DOBs, addresses, driver's license numbers, SSNs, financial account info, and medical information. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and IRS, and provided 24 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Jan 29, 2017

Begins

Apr 12, 2017

Discovered

Jul 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c20d1cba68eb9e402017-07-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2ec24ea69a0fa7e32017-07-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Whitinger & Company LLC
norm: whitinger

Name: Whitinger & Company LLC
norm: whitinger
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 29, 2017 – Mar 3, 2017
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2017
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the IRSContacted the FBIWill be contacting the relevant state Attorneys General

During the incident: Retained a leading forensic investigation firm
Moved to restore files
Contacted the IRS
Contacted the FBI
Will be contacting the relevant state Attorneys General
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards to protect the security of information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 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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Massachusetts State AGJul 18 · first

Montana State AGJul 18 · first · this page

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/Whitinger-Company.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 18, 2017
Raw hash: 56eab330dcd08a388d1bf4ae6614639e2084afa849a705007f9619d824f51d40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhitinger & Company LLC

Victim entityWhitinger & Company LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2017

Stated responseRetained a leading forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov