HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PAR, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 21, 2022

Filed

May 19, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PAR, Inc →

PAR, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data incident where an unauthorized user accessed a legacy database containing names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Access occurred on March 21, 2022. PAR terminated access, hired Kroll for forensic investigation, and offered one year of complimentary identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Mar 21, 2022

Begins

Mar 21, 2022

Discovered

May 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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_54740ec6b430815e2022-05-19Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_668bf8ea48ed97ef2022-05-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_742f23f5cdf6bb722022-05-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a52b084a904a164d2022-05-24 · +5dVerified

Name: The PAR Group
norm: the par
Domain: pargroup.com

Name: PAR, Inc
norm: par
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 21, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19state-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: Terminated the unauthorized access
Commenced an internal investigation
Hired an outside information security company that conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Implemented additional security procedures to prevent unauthorized system access
Removed personal information from legacy ERP database
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional security procedures to prevent unauthorized system access
Removed personal information from legacy ERP database
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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 AGMay 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 19 · first

Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

Montana State AGMay 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 19 (ME), last May 24 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/PAR-Inc.-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2022
Raw hash: 5921d8c6179c9283fd5d6eff2de30fa598dc823a6b3e534f0d8e0d980a704e0a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe PAR Group

Victim entityPAR, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Mar 21, 2022

Stated responseTerminated the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov