HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Cerenade Technology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 2, 2025

Filed

Jan 2, 2026

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Cerenade Technology →2 incidents on file

Cerenade, a software system used by legal organizations, notified individuals of a data breach occurring between October 2-3, 2025. An unauthorized intruder accessed and downloaded a limited amount of documents containing names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and passport numbers. The incident was resolved on October 3, 2025, following network lockdown and forensic investigation. Cerenade is offering identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Oct 2, 2025

Begins

Oct 2, 2025

Discovered

Jan 2, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 86 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_ad3279a4698fd2dd2025-10-08 · +86dVerified

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a0db61eb4b84b9082026-01-23 · +21dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_d1ca9bb4f1b6f99d2026-02-06 · +35dVerified
Texas State AGbd_fafdc1f3176134532026-02-09 · +38dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1349f0361497e5f92026-03-03 · +60dVerified

Name: Cerenade Technology
norm: cerenade technology
Domain: cerenade.com

Name: Cerenade Technology
norm: cerenade technology
Domain: cerenade.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 2, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 3, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 2, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took precautionary measures to lock down its network, which included securing our firewall, infrastructure, and application, and updating internal access policies
Initiated an investigation into the suspicious activity
Conducted a forensic investigation
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to improve data security on our web server infrastructure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJan 2 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Indiana State AG+35d

Texas State AG+38d

Indiana State AG+60d

Pattern: first filing Jan 2 (CA), last Mar 3 (IN) — a 60-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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-616522
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2026
Raw hash: 68f114bf3ebf764c69c9ac19763bfc8d47e25ca3484b3f4b84e6b03007a2ed45

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCerenade Technology

Victim entityCerenade Technology

Incidentdiscovered Oct 2, 2025

Stated responseTook precautionary measures to lock down its network, which included securing our firewall, infrastructure, and application, and updating internal access policies

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov