PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftOpportunisticIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Golter Law Office

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 31, 2017

Filed

Apr 13, 2018

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Golter Law Office →

Golter Law Office, LLC notified clients that a hard drive containing client names, SSNs, and potentially driver's license numbers was stolen from an employee's vehicle in Montana on October 31, 2017. The firm notified law enforcement, engaged cybersecurity professionals, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Oct 30, 2017

Begins

Oct 31, 2017

Discovered

Apr 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c66c130e326463f2018-04-16 · +3dVerified

Name: Golter Law Office
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Name: Golter Law Office
norm: golter law office
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 31, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 30, 2017 – Oct 31, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement

During the incident: Promptly notified law enforcement
Commenced a thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksTM Credit 3B
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(164 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 13 · first · this page

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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/Golter-Law-Office.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2018
Raw hash: f19daaf191ffbba9daea70071f81593bd209ec544ff8be4abbaf761915d3b963

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGolter Law Office

Victim entityGolter Law Office

Incidentdiscovered Oct 31, 2017

Stated responsePromptly notified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov