HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowActive

FirstLease, Inc

bd_fb29c42d342b266f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 15, 2018

Filed

Feb 15, 2019

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for FirstLease, Inc →

FirstLease, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed an employee's email account using stolen credentials. The actor established a forwarding rule to an unauthorized Gmail account between September 6 and September 20, 2018. The incident exposed names and sensitive information. FirstLease changed credentials, engaged forensic experts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Sep 6, 2018

Begins

Oct 15, 2018

Discovered

Feb 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7347b58b796281272019-02-19 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_665bffe969e2bfde2019-02-21 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5c9281662c267e1f2019-04-01 · +45dVerified

Name: FirstLease, Inc
norm: firstlease

Name: FirstLease, Inc
norm: firstlease
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 6, 2018 – Sep 20, 2018
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing notice of this incident to you, as well as to state regulatory agencies and consumer reporting agencies as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the account credentials
Launched an investigation with the assistance of computer forensics experts
Investigation, supported by two external information technology firms, is ongoing
Offering you complimentary access to [Var. 2_##_months] months of credit monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGFeb 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+45d

Pattern: first filing Feb 15 (MT), last Apr 1 (NH) — a 45-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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-FirstLease-Inc.-Notice-of-Data-Event-MT.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2019
Raw hash: 23970d75d8eb2350497c049c0a378bfa76831f2d64c23d2866b237a73c3eb4e0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirstLease, Inc

Victim entityFirstLease, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2018

Stated responseChanged the account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov