MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedPIILowContained

Intermountain Farmers Association

bd_4e62b8c74f0ae889 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 8, 2021

Filed

May 21, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Intermountain Farmers Association →

Intermountain Farmers Association notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack discovered on April 8, 2021. The incident involved unauthorized network access and potential exposure of PII. The organization engaged forensic experts, contacted the FBI, and offered one year of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Apr 8, 2021

Discovered

May 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a3e65afbbea818d32021-05-21Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_d25f9c2f035c8cbf2021-06-03 · +13dVerified by operator

Name: Intermountain Farmers Association
norm: intermountain farmers

Name: Intermountain Farmers Association
norm: intermountain farmers
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 8, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacting the FBI to seek assistance with the incident

During the incident: Hired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation
Contacting the FBI to seek assistance with the incident
Offering a complimentary one-year membership through Cyberscout’s Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Providing a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and employee training related to cybersecurity
Working with external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMay 21 · first

Montana State AGMay 21 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 21 (IN), last Jun 3 (SC) — a 13-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/ifa-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2021
Raw hash: 899942b167eff08a42a72bae252c7e6e1299b5cfd559b8e62f3e0a3b7a055578

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIntermountain Farmers Association

Victim entityIntermountain Farmers Association

Incidentdiscovered Apr 8, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party forensic experts to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov