MalwareTechnologyFinancial ServicesInformationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Kaye-Smith

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 20, 2022

Filed

Sep 19, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kaye-Smith →2 incidents on file

Kaye-Smith Enterprises, Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack discovered in late May 2022. The incident compromised names, addresses, and account numbers. Kaye-Smith engaged outside experts, enhanced security monitoring, and provided 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 122 days

May 20, 2022

Begins

May 20, 2022

Discovered

Sep 19, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a355030ae57d56712022-09-19Verified
HHS OCRbd_5a9f6856d2818a6c2022-09-26 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_64cead89f7ddf4d72022-08-29 · +21dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_1adca0dc7b192f832022-12-09 · +81dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_37d24f30a5c8fb422022-12-15 · +87dVerified

Name: Kaye-Smith
norm: kaye smith

Name: Kaye-Smith
norm: kaye smith
Industry: TechnologyllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 20, 2022
Breach occurred: May 20, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged outside experts to help investigate suspicious activity
Performed a thorough review of the operating environment
Enhanced its security measures and monitoring
Changes made: Enhanced its security measures and monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(122 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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California State AGAug 29 · first

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Montana State AG+21d · this page

HHS OCR+28d

Montana State AG+102d

New Hampshire State AG+108d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (CA), last Dec 15 (NH) — a 108-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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-574.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2022
Raw hash: 6a20ab15abb290adc42d787188362535010bf2d0358f66d2b56debae4e098b0a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKaye-Smith

Victim entityKaye-Smith

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2022

Stated responseEngaged outside experts to help investigate suspicious activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov