MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

MEDIARADAR, INC.

bd_46ebd7d545d4832a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 4, 2019

Filed

Feb 25, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MEDIARADAR, INC. →

MediaRadar, Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on November 4, 2019. The attack encrypted data, potentially exposing personal information. MediaRadar engaged forensic experts, reset passwords, and provided two years of free identity monitoring via Kroll. No employee data access was confirmed, though not ruled out.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Nov 4, 2019

Discovered

Feb 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_25880f824cbbea3b2020-02-25Verified

Name: MEDIARADAR, INC.
norm: mediaradar

Name: MEDIARADAR, INC.
norm: mediaradar
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 4, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Worked with third party forensics experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity
Implemented more sophisticated security training, including conducting employee phishing email testing
Held a company-wide meeting to educate employees regarding best practices relating to data security
Implemented additional safeguards, such as network-wide password changes
Network and server scans by third party security specialists
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for two years
Changes made: Implemented more sophisticated security training, including conducting employee phishing email testing
Held a company-wide meeting to educate employees regarding best practices relating to data security
Implemented additional safeguards, such as network-wide password changes
Network and server scans by third party security specialists
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 25 · first

Montana State AGFeb 25 · first · this page

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-69.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2020
Raw hash: 285b8e369b21db40a8b1b21c0d64d5ff762e4a58764611f175d959590a409963

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMEDIARADAR, INC.

Victim entityMEDIARADAR, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 4, 2019

Stated responseWorked with third party forensics experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov