Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 19, 2020

Filed

Jun 11, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. →

Karr Barth Administrators, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee email account between March 6-9, 2020. The incident was discovered on March 19, 2020. Personal information, including SSNs and DOBs, was present in the account. No evidence of misuse was found. Kroll identity monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Mar 6, 2020

Begins

Mar 19, 2020

Discovered

Jun 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7cff1b0ceba4ae2a2020-06-08 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2fb0763f38e745652020-07-01 · +20dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1258ea984d77e4872020-07-06 · +25dVerified

Name: Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.
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Name: Karr Barth Administrators, Inc.
norm: karr barth administrators
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2020 – Mar 9, 2020
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiating a password reset
Reviewing the contents of the email account for sensitive information
Notifying business partners associated with that sensitive information
Engaged third-party computer specialists
Offering access to identity monitoring services through Kroll for twelve (12) months at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Conducting additional workforce training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 8 · first

Montana State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+23d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Pattern: first filing Jun 8 (NH), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 28-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/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-186.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2020
Raw hash: 8f31a376b0f2fc491e7498f934c425c69bdf463124914b1340a5459f61d32cd7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKarr Barth Administrators, Inc.

Victim entityKarr Barth Administrators, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2020

Stated responseInitiating a password reset

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov