HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Metropolitan Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 29, 2022

Filed

Nov 4, 2022

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Metropolitan Associates →2 incidents on file

Metropolitan Associates notified Montana residents of a data security event where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between March 26-29, 2022. Suspicious activity was identified on March 29. The actor may have viewed or taken information. The company engaged cybersecurity specialists and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 220 days

Mar 26, 2022

Begins

Mar 29, 2022

Discovered

Nov 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_af63ffd359a202002022-11-07 · +3dVerified

Name: Metropolitan Associates
norm: metropolitan associates

Name: Metropolitan Associates
norm: metropolitan associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 26, 2022 – Mar 29, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the help of industry-leading cybersecurity specialists
Undertook a thorough and time-intensive review of all potentially involved files
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring services through Transunion
Changes made: Worked quickly to identify opportunities to enhance existing security processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(220 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGNov 4 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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-693.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2022
Raw hash: 977d748c3da0e8a4d602c8e741d7f2143f8bf815e094cf1b516bb17393ce1453

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMetropolitan Associates

Victim entityMetropolitan Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 29, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the help of industry-leading cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov