HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

LOWER, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

Feb 24, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

34state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for LOWER, LLC →4 incidents on file

Lower LLC notified Montana and other state residents of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed the network between Dec 10-14, 2021. The incident was discovered on Dec 14, 2021. Employee PII, including SSNs and driver's licenses, may have been accessed. Lower engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Dec 10, 2021

Begins

Dec 14, 2021

Discovered

Feb 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_118024ac8e485c732022-05-27 · +92dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_2dad5330357429422022-05-27 · +92dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_684eb1dfac2ece3f2022-05-31 · +96dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_2514e4cd772871022022-08-02 · +159dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 229d gap

Oregon State AGbd_7c08e1ba6cee05ac2022-08-02 · +159dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_c89bacdc828a3dc32022-08-02 · +159dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_6797c8aa28eb91e02022-08-08 · +165dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_625459f82668599b2022-10-06 · +224dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_71783a8d00bb95792022-10-06 · +224dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a70e920b76c1dd242022-10-11 · +229dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower

Name: LOWER, LLC
norm: lower
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2021 – Dec 14, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2022
Affected individuals: 34state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities
Notifying potentially affected individuals
Arranged to have Experian provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGFeb 24 · first · this page

Maine State AG+92d

California State AG+92d

New Hampshire State AG+96d

Maine State AG+159d

Oregon State AG+159d

California State AG+159d

New Hampshire State AG+165d

California State AG+224d

Delaware State AG+224d

New Hampshire State AG+229d

Pattern: first filing Feb 24 (MT), last Oct 11 (NH) — a 229-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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-37.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2022
Raw hash: 85825f034980e2adec3ddc0ab91485a16a3c786f0be10b01d658693d3455e449

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLOWER, LLC

Victim entityLOWER, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov