HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Merrick

bd_263593f7d95d512b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 23, 2021

Filed

Apr 22, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merrick →2 incidents on file

Merrick & Company notified Montana residents that unauthorized third parties accessed employee email accounts between Dec 16, 2020, and Jan 4, 2021. Personal information was involved. The company secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 97 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Dec 16, 2020

Begins

Mar 23, 2021

Discovered

Apr 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_87b21d9217efc81b2021-04-22Verified
Maine State AGbd_e42d1768dc7278ef2021-04-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e5acad4cd68e04cf2021-04-23 · +1dVerified

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 16, 2020 – Jan 4, 2021
Undetected for: 97 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email accounts to prevent further access
Engaged a leading forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of our email and computer systems
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhancing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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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Indiana State AGApr 22 · first

Maine State AGApr 22 · first

Montana State AGApr 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/Merrick-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 22, 2021
Raw hash: 534de651a7e7ee6e80ca94e7bb3975bf414a3565e241c9bf31706f563aa50aa3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerrick

Victim entityMerrick

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email accounts to prevent further access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov