HackingOtherStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Ace Recycling and Disposal

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 20, 2021

Filed

May 10, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

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ACE Recycling and Disposal notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on February 20, 2021. Unauthorized access to computer systems may have exposed names, addresses, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers from employment records. The company engaged forensic investigators, implemented 2FA and upgraded malware detection, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Feb 20, 2021

Discovered

May 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Ace Recycling and Disposal
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Name: Ace Recycling and Disposal
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Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a cybersecurity incident response team to perform a forensics investigation
Implemented two-factor authentication
Implemented upgraded malware detection
Provided one year of complimentary credit monitoring services from TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Implemented two-factor authentication
Upgraded malware detection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 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/ace-not.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2021
Raw hash: 79996be60266260c1247d5ab71c2b6478662e2b7b0289caae573c32155d1745d

Reporting entityAce Recycling and Disposal

Victim entityAce Recycling and Disposal

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a cybersecurity incident response team to perform a forensics investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov