HackingTechnologyFinancial ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Mediant Communications, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 1, 2019

Filed

Jun 13, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,774state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mediant Communications, LLC →

Mediant Communications Inc. notified Hawaii residents of a data breach where an unknown malicious party exploited a vulnerability in third-party email software to access business accounts on April 1, 2019. The incident exposed personal information including names, addresses, SSNs, and financial account numbers of 1,774 Hawaii residents. Mediant disconnected the server, engaged law enforcement, and offered two years of free credit monitoring.

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Hawaii clock✓ HI CRA notice due10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Apr 1, 2019

Begins

Apr 1, 2019

Discovered

Jun 13, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_10fc27c51bae04a52019-05-31 · +13dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_1512624e5ae85d132019-05-31 · +13dVerified
Montana State AGbd_53318a9ba4214cdc2019-05-31 · +13dVerified
California State AGbd_049c952e85b4826a2019-05-28 · +16dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_080ddf5dce6168ae2019-05-28 · +16dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5318645d13786fb22019-05-28 · +16dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1e8c5725e9a44402019-05-28 · +16dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_d1a9c1abb5ef26c62019-05-28 · +16dVerified

Name: SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
norm: skadden arps slate meagher flom

Name: Mediant Communications, LLC
norm: mediant communications
Industry: TechnologyllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,774state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the matter to law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disconnected the affected email server from its system
Commenced an investigation
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Remediating the vulnerability in the current email system
Implementing targeted network access restrictions
Updating network monitoring systems
Requiring affected employees to change their passwords
Accelerating planned improvements to its email system
Reviewing its written information security program
Arranged to make credit monitoring and identity repair services available to them at no cost for two years
Changes made: Remediating the vulnerability in the current email system
Implementing targeted network access restrictions
Updating network monitoring systems
Accelerating planned improvements to its email system
Reviewing its written information security program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HI CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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California State AGMay 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 28 · first

Washington State AGMay 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 28 · first

Oregon State AGMay 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d

Delaware State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d

Hawaii State AG+16d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 28 (CA), last Jun 13 (HI) — a 16-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://web.archive.org/web/20211024101019id_/https://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/files/2019/07/Mediant_Communications_Inc_OCP_2019-0297.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2019
Raw hash: 06637059d75cb504a25c45e37b1bdb09bf07cb148eae1abc143772a8110b1b31

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

Victim entityMediant Communications, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2019

Stated responseDisconnected the affected email server from its system

ComplianceHI CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceweb.archive.org