HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedPIILowContained

Forum Communications Company

bd_26a5439a66ce6fb7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 19, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

43state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Forum Communications Company →2 incidents on file

Forum Communications Company notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to its computer systems between Jan 14-31, 2025. The attacker acquired files containing personal information. No evidence of identity theft was found. The company offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Jan 14, 2025

Begins

Mar 19, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0b123b92354c8d8d2025-03-19Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_7a26f7ad4164379e2025-03-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_a21d894aeff107eb2025-03-19Verified
Maryland State AGbd_acd217cd853fbc492025-03-19Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_af4ff1acbb0906842025-03-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f07170d221fa97542025-03-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ace0038a536322612025-03-14 · +5dVerified

Name: Forum Communications Company
norm: forum communications
Domain: forumcomm.com

Name: Forum Communications Company
norm: forum communications
Domain: forumcomm.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2025 – Jan 31, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 43state-resident count only
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Arranged for you to enroll in a complimentary, one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Taking steps to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGMar 14 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Montana State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 14 (IN), last Mar 19 (MT) — a 5-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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-222.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2025
Raw hash: 20241f43680f71dfc202c2d856c41fc5b5bf49afc2a98151c3f79399554dde9c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForum Communications Company

Victim entityForum Communications Company

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov