HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Wall Titus, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 27, 2016

Filed

Mar 10, 2017

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wall Titus, LLC →

Wall Titus, LLC notified individuals of a data breach occurring between Dec 20-27, 2016, where an outside attacker accessed tax software containing PII, SSNs, and bank details. The firm engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of identity protection. Notification was sent March 10, 2017.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Dec 20, 2016

Begins

Dec 27, 2016

Discovered

Mar 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 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_fb466bd51ec058ec2017-03-09 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_194527470185c28b2017-03-13 · +3dVerified

Name: Wall Titus, LLC
norm: wall titus

Name: Wall Titus, LLC
norm: wall titus
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 27, 2016
Breach occurred: Dec 20, 2016 – Dec 27, 2016
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: The IRS and law enforcement have been made aware of this situation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changing all passwords used to log in to our computers
Implementing additional technology and procedures to authenticate and limit users logging in to our system
Retained legal counsel and computer forensics specialists to help us investigate and respond to this incident
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Implementing additional technology and procedures to authenticate and limit users logging in to our system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 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 AGMar 9 · first

Montana State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/Wall-Titus-LLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2017
Raw hash: b58281af5f8631edd442a616db12fea57c3a4fb5bf7f49c790c46a299ffafddd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWall Titus, LLC

Victim entityWall Titus, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 27, 2016

Stated responseChanging all passwords used to log in to our computers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov