HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Caerus Operating, LLC

bd_2800bf1e547cd10f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 23, 2021

Filed

Aug 11, 2021

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

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Caerus Operating, LLC notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident where an unknown actor accessed systems from Jan 21-23, 2021. Discovered Jan 23, 2021. Data involved names and other PII. No evidence of misuse found. Caerus offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 200 days

Jan 21, 2021

Begins

Jan 23, 2021

Discovered

Aug 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Caerus Operating, LLC
norm: caerus operating

Name: Caerus Operating, LLC
norm: caerus operating
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 21, 2021 – Jan 23, 2021
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-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: Launched an investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the activity
Worked with specialists to conduct a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of information stored on the impacted systems
Conducted a manual review of our records to confirm the identities of individuals and their contact information
Offering you complimentary access to 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our existing information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(200 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/notificationLetter-39.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2021
Raw hash: 48ab916312028ff5660ce74ab6ea30953dac45325f5cb28df8324073689d4eef

Reporting entityCaerus Operating, LLC

Victim entityCaerus Operating, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov