HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Steele Compliance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 23, 2022

Filed

Feb 2, 2023

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Diligent Corporation notified consumers that Steele Compliance, a subsidiary acquired in Feb 2021, suffered unauthorized network access starting May 21, 2022. The incident was contained by May 24, 2022, but data exfiltration was confirmed later when files were posted externally. Affected data included PII and government IDs. Diligent engaged outside experts, enhanced security controls, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday36 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 255 days

May 21, 2022

Begins

May 23, 2022

Discovered

Feb 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Diligent
norm: diligent
Domain: diligent.com

Name: Steele Compliance
norm: steele compliance
Domain: steeleindustries.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 23, 2022
Breach occurred: May 21, 2022 – May 24, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly took measures to disable non-essential access to the network and contain the event
Investigated with the assistance of outside experts
Arranged for you to obtain, at no cost to you, 24 months of credit monitoring services from Experian
Changes made: Enhanced its internal security controls
Moving applications to the Diligent environment
Shutting down systems that were no longer needed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(255 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-02-02-diligent-corporation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2023
Raw hash: fa7e7ad48343d50ac1d8463a2374f5aef2a0d0b5fe3a625b55fb35f08a56761b

Reporting entityDiligent

Victim entitySteele Compliance

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2022

Stated responsePromptly took measures to disable non-essential access to the network and contain the event

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov