HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Chimienti & Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

Oct 24, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Chimienti & Associates →

Chimienti & Associates notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed an internal email account between March 22-26, 2024. The incident involved the viewing/copying of personal information (names). Chimienti engaged third-party specialists for review, assessed email security, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 216 days

Mar 22, 2024

Begins

Mar 22, 2024

Discovered

Oct 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_07f5c5bfda6cfb512024-10-24Verified
California State AGbd_0e8468a6dd3c05792024-10-24Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_32cd258e68a1b0542024-10-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4160474d622758d52024-10-24Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_71b2a2fdb77233c72024-10-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_df5c45ebd2e7b1892024-10-24Verified

Name: Chimienti & Associates
norm: chimienti associates

Name: Chimienti & Associates
norm: chimienti associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 22, 2024 – Mar 26, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted an investigation to understand the nature and scope of this event
With the assistance of third-party review specialists, we conducted a thorough, in-depth review of the email account
Reviewed the results internally to confirm contact information for the individuals identified
Assessed the security of our email tenant
Notified potentially affected individuals
Offering credit and identity monitoring through CyEx
Changes made: Regularly review and enhance our already robust policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(216 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 24 · first

California State AGOct 24 · first

Vermont State AGOct 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 24 · first

Oregon State AGOct 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · first

Montana State AGOct 24 · 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-1788.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2024
Raw hash: 0ca9e4026343a2c0c4d63590e84c360c8c22eaaf54dfe5cd51c8719fc01cff51

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChimienti & Associates

Victim entityChimienti & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2024

Stated responseConducted an investigation to understand the nature and scope of this event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov