HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

PAR Electrical Contractors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2019

Filed

Jun 27, 2019

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

32state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PAR Electrical Contractors →2 incidents on file

PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. notified Montana residents that a payroll report containing names, SSNs, and payroll deductions was made publicly available by a software vendor on May 28, 2019. The vendor corrected the exposure. PAR offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

May 28, 2019

Discovered

Jun 27, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_31bc88496c0e5a3c2019-06-27Verified

Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
norm: par electrical contractors

Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
norm: par electrical contractors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 28, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 27, 2019
Affected individuals: 32state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Contacted the vendor to correct the situation
Continued to investigate the matter
Notified the three nationwide credit reporting agencies
Arranged for ID Experts to protect identity and help recover from identity theft for 24 months
Changes made: Working internally to prevent any similar occurrences in the future
Requiring vendors to protect personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 27 · first

Montana State AGJun 27 · first · this page

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/CON-Notice-to-MT-AG.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2019
Raw hash: d7059cdb2b0ebb5867ca3d735488203fc0bb1f648cb04c2e4f9c994c9bff70b3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Victim entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2019

Stated responseContacted the vendor to correct the situation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov