[BreachExchange] Village People LLC Notifies of Security Incident

[Destry Winant]

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/businesswire/press_releases/Tennessee/2018/09/25/20180925006187

Village People, L.L.C. (“Village People”), a company providing real
estate brokerage and other real estate services in Tennessee, notifies
that on August 14, 2018, Village People, including its subsidiaries VP
Brokerage LLC dba Village, VP Services LLC, VP Core and VP Holdings
(together, “Village”), discovered an unauthorized individual may have
gained access to a network file server. Upon learning of this, Village
reset passwords, blocked the intruder’s access to their systems,
notified law enforcement, and immediately began an investigation to
determine the scope of the incident. Village’s team worked diligently
to rebuild affected systems, validate data, and restore services as
quickly as possible.

A thorough investigation was conducted by a forensic investigation
firm to determine what happened, who was impacted, and what
information may have been affected. This investigation determined some
individuals who work or otherwise do business with Village may have
had their personal information accessed, including information such as
their name, address, in some cases Social Security number, driver’s
license number and date of birth, and other financial-related
information provided during a working or other business relationship.
Potentially affected individuals include employees, agents, investors,
vendors and rental property owners.

At this time, Village has no evidence that the potentially affected
individuals’ information has been misused. However, in an abundance of
caution, Village began sending notices to potentially affected
individuals on Sept. 25, 2018. The notices contain a one-time
activation code that individuals can use to enroll in one year of
complimentary identity theft protection services online or by U.S.
mail. Village has also established a dedicated phone line for
individuals to call with any questions.

More information can be found on Village’s website at villagetn.com.
Individuals who believe they are affected by this incident, but who
have not received an individual notice by Oct. 2, 2018 are encouraged
to call 877-877-2578, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Central Standard Time. To help prevent a similar incident in the
future, Village is taking steps to enhance their existing security
protocols and are re-educating their staff for awareness on these
types of incidents.

Village deeply regrets any inconvenience and concern caused by this incident.