HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Molen & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 24, 2023

Filed

Apr 11, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Molen & Associates →

Molen & Associates notified Montana residents of a network security event occurring Oct 4-25, 2023, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, addresses, and SSNs. The company engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, and offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

Oct 4, 2023

Begins

Oct 24, 2023

Discovered

Apr 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_e74df34ed0fda7a32024-04-10 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_e9461ecf28a56cb22024-04-05 · +6dVerified

Name: Molen & Associates
norm: molen associates

Name: Molen & Associates
norm: molen associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2023 – Oct 25, 2023
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the help of third-party forensic investigators
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to further secure our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AG+5d

Montana State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 5 (IN), last Apr 11 (MT) — a 6-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1274.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2024
Raw hash: 606f967cf7dbf26fdbcc833abe9be2904731790e1cf505dcb282f1b8df26b91e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMolen & Associates

Victim entityMolen & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the help of third-party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov