DisclosureLens
HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Elemental LLC

bd_5b23a9228c885608 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 26, 2023

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

42state residents only

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Elemental LLC

Elemetal, LLC notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to its computer network between August 22 and September 1, 2023. The breach was discovered on August 26, 2023. The incident may have exposed names and variable personal data. Elemetal reported the incident to law enforcement, offered 24 months of credit monitoring, and is reviewing security policies.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days
discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 188 days

Aug 22, 2023

Begins

Aug 26, 2023

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed42 affectedView incident

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.