Social EngineeringEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

Precision Pipeline, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 25, 2016

Filed

Aug 15, 2016

To disclose

21 days

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

64%

Precision Pipeline, LLC notified Montana residents of a July 25, 2016 phishing attack that exposed names, SSNs, and compensation data. The company notified the FBI and IRS, offered two years of credit monitoring via Experian, and established a confidential inquiry line. Remediation efforts include system strengthening and employee security training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Jul 25, 2016

Begins

Jul 25, 2016

Discovered

Aug 15, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Anderson, Tackman & Co.
norm: anderson tackman

Name: Precision Pipeline, LLC
norm: precision pipeline
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Jul 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2016
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Notified the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)
Notified the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)
Cooperating in the FBI’s and IRS’s ongoing investigations
Offering two (2) years of free credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian’s® ProtectMyID® Alert
Established a confidential inquiry line
Changes made: Evaluating ways to best strengthen our systems to guard against this type of similar future attacks
Reminding employees regarding the risks of phishing attacks and providing them with additional information on best practices for cyber security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Precision-Pipeline.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2016
Raw hash: 8694f5d26518f21e0aa0afa72a71a8624097665134271f438228f284907656ab

Reporting entityAnderson, Tackman & Co.

Victim entityPrecision Pipeline, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2016

Stated responsePromptly notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov