MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ardagh Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 2, 2021

Filed

Apr 1, 2022

To disclose

48 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ardagh Group →2 incidents on file

Ardagh Group notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack occurring between April 23 and May 19, 2021. The attack encrypted systems and led to data exfiltration. Personal information, including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers, was posted on a dark web site. Ardagh confirmed the data exposure on February 24, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 48 weeks / 334 days

Apr 23, 2021

Begins

May 2, 2021

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: Ardagh Group
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Name: Ardagh Group
norm: ardagh group
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2021 – May 19, 2021
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts
Secured each impacted system
Continued to monitor for suspicious activity
Enhanced its security controls where appropriate
Trained its workforce regarding cybersecurity issues
Regularly monitoring the dark web
Providing you with access to a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Enhanced its security controls where appropriate
Trains its workforce regarding cybersecurity issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 48 weeks(334 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-53.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2022
Raw hash: 003f91b9dca0d287a27cba50df5131893b397c439c3089fe0f6d12e6665826bb

Reporting entityArdagh Group

Victim entityArdagh Group

Incidentdiscovered May 2, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov