Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Tom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 26, 2019

Filed

Sep 11, 2019

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

189state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA) →

Tom Sauer Bond Agency LLC notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where an employee's email account was compromised. Unauthorized access occurred between June 18 and June 26, 2019. The incident potentially exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's license numbers, and financial account/card numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Jun 18, 2019

Begins

Jun 26, 2019

Discovered

Sep 11, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed189 affectedView incident

Name: Tom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA)
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Name: Tom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA)
norm: tom sauer bond agency llc tsba
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 26, 2019
Breach occurred: Jun 18, 2019 – Jun 26, 2019
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 189state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the account
Commenced an investigation
Engaged a leading forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Offered complimentary one-year membership with Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further strengthen security processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 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/OCP/Consumer-7.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2019
Raw hash: e0a6158abad9d56044bf471de52953989ba71400c35a43e57a33a9da4eb3754f

Reporting entityTom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA)

Victim entityTom Sauer Bond Agency LLC (TSBA)

Incidentdiscovered Jun 26, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov