Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 13, 2018

Filed

Oct 18, 2018

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

90state residents only

Confidence

65%

RenPSG notified Montana AG of a phishing incident where unauthorized individuals accessed employee email accounts between June 5-13, 2018. The breach exposed customer PII (names, etc.) stored in those emails. RenPSG engaged forensic experts, reset credentials, and provided 2 years of Experian identity protection. Discovery was confirmed on Sept 27, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Jun 5, 2018

Begins

Jun 13, 2018

Discovered

Oct 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed90 affectedView incident

Name: Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group
norm: renaissance philanthropic solutions group

Name: Renaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group
norm: renaissance philanthropic solutions group
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2018
Breach occurred: Jun 5, 2018 – Jun 13, 2018
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2019
Affected individuals: 90state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading outside computer forensics expert company
Changed the log-in credentials for the impacted email accounts
Implemented mandatory company-wide password resets
Providing training and educational material to our employees
Arranged to have Experian protect your identity for two years at no cost
Changes made: Working to review our existing information security procedures
Implement additional safeguards to further secure the information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(127 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/RenPSG-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2018
Raw hash: e1f3667959ee2cfc042005241ffe6aecc1c9c5e7142e15bc2ae085db9aa64535

Reporting entityRenaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

Victim entityRenaissance Philanthropic Solutions Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a leading outside computer forensics expert company

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov