Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MJ Insurance, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2018

Filed

Dec 27, 2018

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for MJ Insurance, Inc →

MJ Insurance, Inc. disclosed that an unknown individual gained access to an employee's email account on September 26, 2018, likely via phishing. The breach potentially exposed personally identifiable information including names, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers. No financial account information was involved. The company changed credentials, engaged forensic investigators, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Sep 26, 2018

Begins

Sep 26, 2018

Discovered

Dec 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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_2fb9efcaa2528d3d2018-12-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b05f5fb69f9d70832018-12-31 · +4dVerified

Name: MJ Insurance, Inc
norm: mj insurance

Name: MJ Insurance, Inc
norm: mj insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the employee’s password and email credentials
Retained an independent computer forensics company to conduct an extensive IT investigation
Changes made: Enabling multi-factor authentication for access to email accounts
Reviewing our record retention rules to ensure information is not kept any longer than necessary
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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 AGDec 27 · first

California State AGDec 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-143317
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 27, 2018
Raw hash: 983e78f77b81b49fe8ceb7a46dfe97c5a2621d0cac88ca684325abe485361fd6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMJ Insurance, Inc

Victim entityMJ Insurance, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2018

Stated responseChanged the employee’s password and email credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov