HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc.

bd_78cee5f570bed9f0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Mar 10, 2025

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc. →2 incidents on file

Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to its systems discovered on September 26, 2024. The incident involved personal information, including credit data. PLEA engaged forensic experts, secured systems, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion/Cyberscout. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 165 days

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Mar 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_557da7b10286f4412025-03-10Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_bfe9c9338b4882db2025-03-10Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_f235dbd67685967e2025-03-10Verified
Maryland State AGbd_f8039cbf1365bfbc2025-03-10Verified

Name: Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc.
norm: professional law enforcement

Name: Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc.
norm: professional law enforcement
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected those systems
Began an investigation
Engaged independent computer forensic experts to assist
Changed passwords
Implemented additional restrictions on accessing this system
Arranged for you to receive Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Changed passwords
Implemented additional restrictions on accessing this system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(165 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 10 · first

Indiana State AGMar 10 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 10 · first

Maryland State AGMar 10 · first

Montana State AGMar 10 · first · this page

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-218.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2025
Raw hash: ce952a14e4c06087c892ec24ccb428a5332db6e4850439546ebf1c6c149f152e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Law Enforcement Association Inc.

Victim entityProfessional Law Enforcement Association Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected those systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov