MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Frederick W. Howarth III

bd_ffb4e2ca294b2c93 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2020

Filed

Jul 23, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Frederick W. Howarth III →2 incidents on file

TBG West Insurance Services experienced a ransomware attack on March 27, 2020, which encrypted files and led to the exfiltration of some personal information, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and is offering one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 118 days

Mar 27, 2020

Begins

Mar 27, 2020

Discovered

Jul 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3b0781dd5f13c57c2020-07-20 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_756f997db07d5de52020-07-20 · +3dVerified

Name: Frederick W. Howarth III
norm: frederick w howarth iii

Name: Frederick W. Howarth III
norm: frederick w howarth iii
Also named: Frederick W. Howarth IIIdba oflegal entity
TBG West Insurance Servicesdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 27, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Investigated the incident with the help of a leading cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement and are cooperating with its investigation
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Taken steps to prevent any recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(118 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 20 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 20 · first

California State AG+3d · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192360
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 23, 2020
Raw hash: 2b66ccdd2aba1bf38bb198a45b35752fd8f3ffcdafea1c920345777806b5ec1d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrederick W. Howarth III

Victim entityFrederick W. Howarth III

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2020

Stated responseInvestigated the incident with the help of a leading cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov