AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 4, 2016

Filed

Feb 16, 2016

To disclose

12 days

Affected

10state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. →3 incidents on file

Tetra Technologies, Inc. notified Montana residents that on February 4, 2016, employee personal information (names, DOB, SSN, employee ID, address, salary) was unintentionally distributed electronically. The breach was discovered immediately. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 days

Feb 4, 2016

Begins

Feb 4, 2016

Discovered

Feb 16, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10 affectedView incident

Name: TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
norm: tetra technologies
Domain: tetratec.com

Name: TETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
norm: tetra technologies
Domain: tetratec.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 4, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2016
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement

During the incident: Performing an investigation
Retained the assistance of outside IT and data security experts
Contacted law enforcement and will be seeking their assistance with the investigation
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Implementing additional employee training and technical barriers to prevent this type of unauthorized disclosure from happening again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 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/Tetra-Technologies.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2016
Raw hash: a83cab7558be2b02fb847ca7205cfb83d214e39d317b53196b22419aadf7781f

Reporting entityTETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Victim entityTETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2016

Stated responsePerforming an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov