HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Earth Elements Group

bd_6042699874781437 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 5, 2023

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

30state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Earth Elements Group notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on October 5, 2023, involving unauthorized access to its email tenant. The incident may have impacted personal information including names. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, secured the environment, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Oct 5, 2023

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed30 affectedView incident

Name: Earth Elements Group
norm: earth elements

Name: Earth Elements Group
norm: earth elements
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 5, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 30state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its email environment
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Offering 12 months of complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-notification-letter-1207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2024
Raw hash: 7533466c02cc4ae4296a01e8f1c87899812020c27c445a7f2900e664af8a8d83

Reporting entityEarth Elements Group

Victim entityEarth Elements Group

Incidentdiscovered Oct 5, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov