HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountGovernment IDMediumContained

Spectrum Business Resources LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 18, 2019

Filed

Mar 21, 2019

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Spectrum Business Resources LLC →

Spectrum Business Resources, LLC notified Montana AG of a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account between Nov 6, 2018 and Jan 8, 2019. The incident was discovered on Feb 18, 2019. The account contained names, payment card info, financial account info, and/or driver's license numbers. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 104 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Nov 6, 2018

Begins

Feb 18, 2019

Discovered

Mar 21, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Name: Spectrum Business Resources LLC
norm: spectrum business resources

Name: Spectrum Business Resources LLC
norm: spectrum business resources
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 6, 2018 – Jan 8, 2019
Undetected for: 104 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountGovernment ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual email review
Changes made: Made extensive changes to policies
Evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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/OCP/CON-Spectrum-Business-Resources-Notification-to-Montana-AG-with-enclosure-7977226x7AB84.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2019
Raw hash: d4ca8ee927abfe330b8a177ebb0dc0dcb4eb0404153ccd67b632dfb72b265bf0

Reporting entitySpectrum Business Resources LLC

Victim entitySpectrum Business Resources LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2019

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov