Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Cougar Den, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

May 7, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cougar Den, Inc. →

Cougar Den, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where unauthorized parties accessed email accounts via phishing between Nov 2020 and Feb 2021. Affected data included names and potentially other PII. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered 12 months of Experian identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 88 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

Nov 1, 2020

Begins

Jan 28, 2021

Discovered

May 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

Washington State AGbd_050c9e3c949102b42021-05-10 · +3dVerified

Name: Cougar Den, Inc.
norm: cougar den

Name: Cougar Den, Inc.
norm: cougar den
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2020 – Feb 1, 2021
Undetected for: 88 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Worked with third party forensic investigators to investigate the nature and scope of the activity
Conducted a deliberate, thorough, and comprehensive assessment of its network and systems
Secured the compromised accounts
Arranged to have Experian protect your identity for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Taken additional steps to improve security and better protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 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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Montana State AGMay 7 · first · this page

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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/Cougar-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 7, 2021
Raw hash: 01e03b2ea5939ba509a5e9a64336d60d30d6c96e6c1835c46916f81b072986fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCougar Den, Inc.

Victim entityCougar Den, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2021

Stated responseWorked with third party forensic investigators to investigate the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov