Social EngineeringTransportation & LogisticsTransportationPhishingBECMulti-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 18, 2016

Filed

Mar 21, 2016

To disclose

3 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC. →2 incidents on file

Landstar System, Inc. notified the NH AG of a phishing attack resulting in unauthorized disclosure of employees' 2015 W-2 forms. Two incidents occurred: Feb 24 and Mar 18, 2016. One NH resident affected. Data included SSN, salary, and tax withholdings. Landstar notified law enforcement and IRS, offered 3 years of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Feb 24, 2016

Begins

Mar 18, 2016

Discovered

Mar 21, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.
norm: landstar system
Domain: landstar.com

Name: LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.
norm: landstar system
Domain: landstar.com
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Mar 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2016 – Mar 18, 2016
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Conducting a thorough review of its security measures, internal controls, and safeguards
Making changes to existing policies and procedures, including training and awareness programs
Offering identity protection services for a period of three years
Changes made: Making changes to existing policies and procedures, including training and awareness programs
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/landstar-system-20160321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2016
Raw hash: 7e817e0eeb42d4880e1caafa70741610def9ede1ab6af616773254b9e7739bb8

Reporting entityLANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.

Victim entityLANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 18, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov