HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Fitzgerald Auto Malls

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2024

Filed

Apr 25, 2025

To disclose

15 months

Affected

36state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fitzgerald Auto Malls →

Fitzgerald Auto Malls notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident detected on February 4, 2024, involving unauthorized network access. The breach exposed personal information including names. The company engaged external forensic investigators, secured its network, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 446 days

Feb 4, 2024

Discovered

Apr 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+56 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_1a969b448d7b749c2025-04-25Verified
Delaware State AGbd_ba190e80e53c98982025-04-25Verified

Name: Fitzgerald Auto Malls
norm: fitzgerald auto malls

Name: Fitzgerald Auto Malls
norm: fitzgerald auto malls
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 36state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network and mitigate against any additional harm
Launched an investigation assisted by external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted a thorough manual review of the data potentially contained on the impacted servers
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Provided proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Strengthened our network and implemented additional security improvements recommended by third-party cyber security experts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(446 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Nebraska State AGApr 25 · first

Delaware State AGApr 25 · first

Montana State AGApr 25 · 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/2025/04/Consumer-notification-letter-30.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2025
Raw hash: d7cc20bcb6b87fa5213abe1df871ce108396632b20289399f17e4f0cd8b44b2b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFitzgerald Auto Malls

Victim entityFitzgerald Auto Malls

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network and mitigate against any additional harm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov