HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 1, 2024

Filed

Oct 3, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC. →3 incidents on file

Universal Music Group notified Montana residents of a data breach detected in early July 2024. An unauthorized third party accessed personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, from an internal application. UMG engaged third-party experts and counsel to investigate and contained the incident. No evidence of misuse was found. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Jul 1, 2024

Discovered

Oct 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_8ec6d91e759f81d62024-10-03Verified
Vermont State AGbd_aa8098ed749c080c2024-10-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_ae3dedf25ecbc39e2024-10-03Candidate

Name: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.
norm: universal music

Name: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.
norm: universal music
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party experts to investigate and assist with remediation
Engaged a data-review firm to review the exfiltrated data
Worked with outside counsel
Worked with a leading cybersecurity firm
Took immediate containment and mitigation actions
Offering a complimentary 24-month membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 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 · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Vermont State AGOct 3 · first

Maine State AGOct 3 · first

Montana State AGOct 3 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1740.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2024
Raw hash: da6bea584f3e42286d59092ebcdd2a7601750bca709fd2f43cd5836bf3e641ed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

Victim entityUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party experts to investigate and assist with remediation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov