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Cierant

bd_3dde15084b7b9d42 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 10, 2024

Filed

Jul 7, 2025

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

902state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for Cierant

Cierant Corporation, a distributed marketing software company, disclosed a data security event affecting health plan member data. An unauthorized actor exploited a vulnerability in the third-party Cleo VLTrader secure file transfer tool to gain access to systems. The incident impacted approximately 902 individuals, including names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and health plan beneficiary numbers. The breach was discovered on December 10, 2024, and notifications were sent on July 3, 2025.

Washington clock WA AG >90d30 weeks discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days
discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 209 days

Oct 22, 2024

Begins

Dec 10, 2024

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 6d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (IL), last Jul 8 (TX) — a 7-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.