Social EngineeringTechnologyHealthcareInformationPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

DataFile Technologies, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 10, 2017

Filed

Apr 12, 2017

To disclose

2 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for DataFile Technologies, LLC →

DataFile Technologies notified employees of a targeted phishing incident on Feb 28, 2017, discovered April 10, 2017. Employee PII, including SSNs, addresses, and 2016 earnings, was disclosed. No unauthorized direct system access was found. The company engaged law enforcement and provided 12 months of AllClear ID identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 41 days

discovery → filing · 2 days

Feb 28, 2017

Begins

Apr 10, 2017

Discovered

Apr 12, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: DataFile Technologies, LLC
norm: datafile technologies
Domain: datafiletechnologies.com

Name: DataFile Technologies, LLC
norm: datafile technologies
Domain: datafiletechnologies.com
Industry: TechnologyllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2017
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 11, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Federal and State agenciesNotified local police
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Formed an incident response team
Contacted the appropriate Federal and State agencies, including local police
Notified law enforcement
Obtained identity protection service
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection through AllClear ID
Created a SharePoint page with additional resources
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 2 days(2 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/DataFile-Technologies.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2017
Raw hash: bc3db6fc6d5cbcb499e643c96da3c392d73e84cc995b5fcf5b7669503993c6cd

Reporting entityDataFile Technologies, LLC

Victim entityDataFile Technologies, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 10, 2017

Stated responseFormed an incident response team

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov