Social EngineeringTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

GoldKey

bd_f9280fdc6a61bb53 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 3, 2016

Filed

Apr 15, 2016

To disclose

12 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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GoldKey|PHR notified employees in Montana that a phishing email on Feb 29, 2016 led to unauthorized access to W-2s containing PII and SSNs. Discovered April 3, 2016. Company engaged forensic professionals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

Feb 29, 2016

Begins

Apr 3, 2016

Discovered

Apr 15, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

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

Name: GoldKey
norm: goldkey

Name: GoldKey
norm: goldkey
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 29, 2016
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (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: Filed with Montana Office of Consumer Protection
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity professionals to assist us
Took steps to prevent further unauthorized access to employee records
Arranged for you to enroll in Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert for a one year period at no cost
Changes made: Taken steps to prevent further unauthorized access to employee records
Continually evaluate and modify our practices to enhance the security and privacy of your information
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/GoldKey-PHR.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2016
Raw hash: 6c9d946c998e3140a9fa1b895a32b447180761ace428036ae415f33507c1cf9b

Reporting entityGoldKey

Victim entityGoldKey

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2016

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov