HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pond & Company

bd_6707cfd8c4273296 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pond & Company →

CorrectionPublished Oct 10, 2026

The Montana Department of Justice register lists this notice on 2023-02-16, before the breach it reports. The Indiana, Maine and Massachusetts registers list the same notice between February 15 and 20, 2024, so we publish 2024-02-16 as the date it was filed.

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Pond & Company notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring March 29–April 5, 2023, discovered May 26, 2023. Unauthorized access led to data exfiltration. Affected data likely included PII and government IDs. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, enhanced security, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 58 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 266 days

Mar 29, 2023

Begins

May 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_8d641db04d97fdac2024-02-15 · +1dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_52ce31d671efded82024-02-19 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2a8e263d872071962024-02-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Pond & Company
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Name: Pond & Company
norm: pond
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2023 – Apr 5, 2023
Undetected for: 58 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a team of leading external cybersecurity experts to assist in our response and conduct an investigation
Reported the matter to the FBI
Implemented additional measures to enhance our network security
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our network security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(266 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 15 · first

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Maine State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 15 (IN), last Feb 20 (MA) — a 5-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1113.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: 41af7267b8635cabe0f615e8bbb9ff842b63d17c4c551cf955e76947f2ba423d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPond & Company

Victim entityPond & Company

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a team of leading external cybersecurity experts to assist in our response and conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov