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Washington State Bar Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Washington State Bar Association →

Washington State Bar Association notified Montana DOJ of a data security incident detected on November 12, 2020. Unauthorized code was found on mywsba.org, affecting payment card data for transactions between March 10 and November 12, 2020. The site was disabled, forensics were engaged, and the FBI was notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 247 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Mar 10, 2020

Begins

Nov 12, 2020

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3157fc77f289c3a32020-12-18Verified
Washington State AGbd_715c472c2c0c519e2020-12-18Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_834c5d2e9d7b8af12020-12-21 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_81f61e810f02315c2020-12-23 · +5dVerified

Name: Washington State Bar Association
norm: washington state bar

Name: Washington State Bar Association
norm: washington state bar
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2020 – Nov 12, 2020
Undetected for: 247 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountPCI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disabled the site
Engaged a digital forensics firm
Reported the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Taken measures to enhance the security of the site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGDec 18 · first

Washington State AGDec 18 · first

Montana State AGDec 18 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (NH), last Dec 23 (MA) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/washbarSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2020
Raw hash: 9344ace562a26e763edeba33780e24c20a1125eb903c5fcb9c633a04780967ce

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State Bar Association

Victim entityWashington State Bar Association

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2020

Stated responseDisabled the site

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov