HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mark Cerrone, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2024

Filed

Nov 20, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Mark Cerrone, Inc. →

Mark Cerrone, Inc. notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on September 7, 2024. Unauthorized access may have exposed names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged cybersecurity specialists and law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance via Cyberscout/TransUnion.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Sep 7, 2024

Discovered

Nov 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Name: Mark Cerrone, Inc.
norm: mark cerrone

Name: Mark Cerrone, Inc.
norm: mark cerrone
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 20, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaging a team of cybersecurity specialists
Working with law enforcement
Launching a comprehensive investigation
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance 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: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-11-20-mark-cerrone-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2024
Raw hash: 28aaf5d9fd27f0ccbf33f313388eeae4c43e27906157717f385d4fd8d180ccbe

Reporting entityMark Cerrone, Inc.

Victim entityMark Cerrone, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2024

Stated responseEngaging a team of cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov