HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Suede

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 3, 2026

Filed

Sep 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

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Suede (formerly Merchant Industry, LLC), a merchant payment solutions provider, notified the Massachusetts Attorney General of a security incident. On June 3, 2026, Suede identified suspicious activity and discovered that an unauthorized third party accessed its systems and potentially copied files containing names and Social Security numbers. The company secured systems, investigated the incident, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring. The notice mentions approximately 2 Rhode Island residents may be impacted, but does not disclose a total count for Massachusetts or nationwide.

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Incident timeline

Jun 3, 2026

Begins

Jun 3, 2026

Discovered

Sep 1, 2026

Filed

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

Name: Suede
norm: suede

Name: Suede
norm: suede
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2026
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2026
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 10, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured the relevant systems
Initiated an investigation to understand the nature and scope of the suspicious activity
Conducted a detailed review of the data to determine whom the information belongs as well as identify address information for individuals
Implemented additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Evaluating additional technical security measures and reviewing existing policies and procedures to further limit the chances of a similar incident reoccurring
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for twenty-four (24) months at no cost to you through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Evaluating additional technical security measures and reviewing existing policies and procedures to further limit the chances of a similar incident reoccurring
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.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1533-miv-buyer-llc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2026
Raw hash: 7a6a1208a1c7690d158e057589ec7a28ac199e2bec6351b6d857f2df3d7c12a5

Reporting entitySuede

Victim entitySuede

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2026

Stated responseSecured the relevant systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov