Social EngineeringTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Improve Group, Inc.

bd_06a3175b1c5faab4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 2, 2021

Filed

Mar 1, 2022

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Improve Group, Inc. →

Improve Group, Inc. notified Montana residents of a security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee email account. The breach occurred between Feb 20 and Mar 2, 2021, discovered on Mar 2, 2021. PII was accessed. Kroll identity monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 364 days

Feb 20, 2021

Begins

Mar 2, 2021

Discovered

Mar 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+33 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Improve Group, Inc.
norm: improve group
Domain: improvegroup.net

Name: Improve Group, Inc.
norm: improve group
Domain: improvegroup.net
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 20, 2021 – Mar 2, 2021
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying state regulators, as required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Commenced an investigation
Notified state regulators
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding data privacy
Evaluating additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(364 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Improve-Group-Inc.-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2022
Raw hash: 45113dd883a0becbc4b30b895a70f82dde20e68d2869440ac3b060fe5be0dec5

Reporting entityImprove Group, Inc.

Victim entityImprove Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov