HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Spokane County Title

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 22, 2024

Filed

Jul 24, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

4,887state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Spokane County Title →

Spokane County Title notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account and network on Feb 22, 2024. The incident exposed PII of 4,887 WA residents, including SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. SCT blocked access, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Feb 22, 2024

Begins

Feb 22, 2024

Discovered

Jul 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,887 affectedView incident

Name: Spokane County Title
norm: spokane county title

Name: Spokane County Title
norm: spokane county title
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2024 – Feb 24, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,887state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of the State of Washington
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately blocked access
Launched a thorough investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Notified appropriate state agencies
Changes made: Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Taking and will continue to take measures to help enhance the security of our systems and processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA29940.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2024
Raw hash: fe137699667bf172a4c250e93b7220f2281891aa65a75dbd65cdd0fd9d0dcf94

Reporting entitySpokane County Title

Victim entitySpokane County Title

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2024

Stated responseImmediately blocked access

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com