Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Equias Alliance, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 27, 2018

Filed

May 8, 2018

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Equias Alliance, LLC →2 incidents on file

Equias Alliance, LLC notified Montana residents of a phishing incident in May 2018. Unauthorized access to two employee email accounts occurred between January 10 and February 8, 2018. The incident may have exposed names and other personal information provided by clients (banks). Equias engaged a cybersecurity firm and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 48 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Jan 10, 2018

Begins

Feb 27, 2018

Discovered

May 8, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Equias Alliance, LLC
norm: equias alliance

Name: Equias Alliance, LLC
norm: equias alliance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2018 – Feb 8, 2018
Undetected for: 48 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading cyber security firm to assist with the investigation
Offering a complimentary two-year credit monitoring membership with Experian’s Identity Works
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures, education and training to further enhance and strengthen security processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 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/Equias.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2018
Raw hash: 015fca06cac0b1ce6dd4d66bca0b19adf9a9cd06a01765a6f4687aa053912e13

Reporting entityEquias Alliance, LLC

Victim entityEquias Alliance, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a leading cyber security firm to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov