HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsHighContained

Keller Williams Realty Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 25, 2017

Filed

Jul 18, 2017

To disclose

23 days

Affected

9,425state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Keller Williams Realty Group →2 incidents on file

Keller Williams Realty, Inc. notified the Washington Attorney General of a security incident discovered on June 25, 2017. An unauthorized individual accessed employee files between May 6 and May 10, 2017, exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and some usernames/passwords. 9,425 Washington residents were affected. The company engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, and contacted law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

May 6, 2017

Begins

Jun 25, 2017

Discovered

Jul 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_b19b5179b8ade1da2017-07-18Candidate
Montana State AGbd_c06bd9f2f65dba432017-07-18Verified
California State AGbd_f850483d98379c3f2017-07-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_75c7e0280803ab472017-07-19 · +1dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_769a0c2b414964ec2017-07-21 · +3dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_ad94029d779b9d922017-07-21 · +3dVerified

Name: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
norm: norton rose fulbright us

Name: Keller Williams Realty Group
norm: keller williams realty
Domain: jmcteamhomes.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 25, 2017
Breach occurred: May 6, 2017 – May 10, 2017
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,425state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged an independent forensic firm to assist in its investigation and response to this incident
Forcing a reset of all Keller Williams credentials
Contacted law enforcement and will continue to cooperate in their investigation of this incident
Changes made: Working with the forensic firm and security consultants to reconfigure various components of its systems designed to help prevent unauthorized access in the future and to enhance the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Oregon State AGJul 18 · first

Montana State AGJul 18 · first

California State AGJul 18 · first

Washington State AGJul 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

South Carolina State AG+3d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9725.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: 4f2e889887a6fa5142370727c3b059fe5080ffb3ee060206aaae9c92c5720a56

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Victim entityKeller Williams Realty Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2017

Stated responseEngaged an independent forensic firm to assist in its investigation and response to this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com