PhysicalConstructionConstructionTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

PAR Electrical Contractors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2017

Filed

Feb 5, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

768state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for PAR Electrical Contractors →2 incidents on file

PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. reported the theft of off-site backup tapes on Dec 22, 2017, affecting 768 Washington residents. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, payroll/bank info, and limited health data. PAR notified law enforcement, credit bureaus, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Dec 22, 2017

Begins

Dec 22, 2017

Discovered

Feb 5, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_13d2096820e4854e2018-02-05Candidate
California State AGbd_303c168b2d8568752018-02-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6d2430abf667308b2018-02-05Verified
Oregon State AGbd_e29e30079ee8108d2018-02-05Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e895d360fdad26bd2018-02-05Verified

Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
norm: par electrical contractors

Name: PAR Electrical Contractors
norm: par electrical contractors
Industry: Constructionllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 768state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberPassport numberMedical informationDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Promptly notified law enforcement and initiated an investigation
Notified the three nationwide credit reporting agencies about this incident
Arranged for AllClear ID to provide identity protection services including credit monitoring at no charge to all affected individuals for twenty-four months
Mailing letters to all affected individuals
Changes made: Updated its backup procedures to reduce the possibility that such an incident will occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGFeb 5 · first

California State AGFeb 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

Oregon State AGFeb 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 5 · first

Washington State AGFeb 5 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9766.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2018
Raw hash: 2519b67b4e2b5135dad8819eda9562255c1addb8637540e79eb1907510957c3c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Victim entityPAR Electrical Contractors

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2017

Stated responsePromptly notified law enforcement and initiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com