MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Paragon Marketing Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2019

Filed

Oct 3, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Paragon Marketing Group, LLC →

Paragon Marketing Group, LLC notified Montana regulators and employees of a virus infiltration on August 24, 2019. The actor accessed databases containing employee PII (SSN, DOB, driver's license, bank details). No data loss was confirmed, but notification was issued due to potential exposure. The incident was contained and reported to the FTC.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Aug 24, 2019

Discovered

Oct 3, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Name: Paragon Marketing Group, LLC
norm: paragon marketing

Name: Paragon Marketing Group, LLC
norm: paragon marketing
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

During the incident: Initiated standard remediation plans
Successfully contained the virus and restored their systems
Reported the matter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 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/OCP/Consumer-26.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2019
Raw hash: c3de018f3ed96830c9d28d0337be114fcad6335f680817fb41871a91b972f11a

Reporting entityParagon Marketing Group, LLC

Victim entityParagon Marketing Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2019

Stated responseInitiated standard remediation plans

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov