HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Campbell Taylor & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Mar 18, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Campbell Taylor & Company →

Campbell Taylor & Company experienced unauthorized access to its main network drive from a foreign IP address between January 27, 2017, and February 2, 2017. The company detected unusual activity, including a possible ransomware attempt, on February 13, 2017. Affected data may include names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and salary information of employee benefit plan participants. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and regulators, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 13, 2017 → Notified Mar 21, 201736d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Jan 27, 2017

Begins

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Mar 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_025f57f933cf19952017-03-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5347192e99b210762017-03-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_405b9666afe8b2e82017-03-21 · +3dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_6742d0def55057882017-04-07 · +20dCandidate

Name: Campbell Taylor & Company
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Name: Campbell Taylor & Company
norm: campbell taylor
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2017 – Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified the FTBNotified the applicable state agencies

During the incident: Hired a specialized forensic IT firm to investigate
Notified the FBI, the IRS, the FTB, all three credit bureaus, and the applicable state agencies of this incident
Working with law enforcement in their investigation of the criminals
Changes made: Reviewing office policies and procedures to ensure all security measures are taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Hired IT specialists to determine what happened and confirm the security of our network
Provided 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 36d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
→ Notified: Mar 21, 2017
36d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 13, 2017 → Notified: Mar 21, 2017	36d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

California State AGMar 18 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Mar 18 (NH), last Apr 7 (NH) — a 20-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67009
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2017
Raw hash: 3a9490c1de48f77abe32d0d61ea86234094ab91edf6fae08f44dbe3cff77c5fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCampbell Taylor & Company

Victim entityCampbell Taylor & Company

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseHired a specialized forensic IT firm to investigate

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov