HackingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pioneer Blue Balloon, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Sep 27, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pioneer Blue Balloon, LLC →

Pioneer Blue Balloon, LLC notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on July 23, 2024, where an unauthorized individual accessed systems. Compromised data included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The company isolated systems, engaged experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Pioneer Blue Balloon, LLC
norm: pioneer blue balloon

Name: Pioneer Blue Balloon, LLC
norm: pioneer blue balloon

Discovered: Jul 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Isolated the affected systems
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Took steps to enhance our security protocols
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for twenty-four (24) months
Changes made: Enhanced security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1718.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2024
Raw hash: 5a03d2f8ff9db90cde5c14bb4eff4846899c271a8e87af4fd22854a9722c6ae9

Reporting entityPioneer Blue Balloon, LLC

Victim entityPioneer Blue Balloon, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2024

Stated responseIsolated the affected systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov