MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ascentium Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 24, 2020

Filed

Feb 12, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Ascentium Corp. →

Ascentium Corp. (SMITH) notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on Dec 24, 2020, affecting legacy employee PII including SSNs and payroll info. Servers were taken offline and a third-party IT vendor engaged. Affected individuals offered 2 years of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Dec 24, 2020

Begins

Dec 24, 2020

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0951a7ce524f2ead2021-04-13 · +60dVerified

Name: Ascentium Corp.
norm: ascentium

Name: Ascentium Corp.
norm: ascentium
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took the servers upon which ransomware was installed offline that same day
Engaged its third-party IT Security vendor to assist in assessing potential exposure and implementing mitigation strategies
Offering a complimentary two-year membership to Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 12 · first · this page

California State AG+60d

Pattern: first filing Feb 12 (MT), last Apr 13 (CA) — a 60-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/Ascentium-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2021
Raw hash: bfefcbf9084a9b48eed408b30d279e7548cbe286512d1780a273a7c876412d57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAscentium Corp.

Victim entityAscentium Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2020

Stated responseTook the servers upon which ransomware was installed offline that same day

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov