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LG Electronics USA Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 8, 2024

Filed

Oct 29, 2024

To disclose

21 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for LG Electronics USA Inc →

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. notified Montana residents that a former Payroll Manager unauthorizedly sent emails containing personal information of current and former employees to a personal account. The incident involved names, SSNs, and potentially payroll data. The breach was discovered in October 2024 during an investigation into the employee's resignation. LGEUS informed law enforcement, is pursuing legal action, and is offering two years of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Sep 10, 2024

Begins

Oct 8, 2024

Discovered

Oct 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 29 · first
Montana State AGOct 29 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+2d
Massachusetts State AG+2d

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.