MisuseTechnologyInformationData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Meriplex Communications, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2022

Filed

Jan 9, 2023

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Meriplex Communications, Ltd. →

Meriplex Communications, Ltd., an IT service provider for Malaga Bank, reported that a former employee downloaded customer data including names and Social Security numbers. The incident occurred between November 17, 2021, and August 30, 2022, and was discovered on August 30, 2022. Meriplex terminated the employee, notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented security controls. Affected individuals are offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 286 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 132 days

Nov 17, 2021

Begins

Aug 30, 2022

Discovered

Jan 9, 2023

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2269a656668175f42023-01-09Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5fa1bdc6e88a29a82023-01-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_88c04acc52a54ee32023-01-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_fbcefec859f5c6eb2023-02-10 · +32dVerified

Name: Meriplex Communications, Ltd.
norm: meriplex communications

Name: Meriplex Communications, Ltd.
norm: meriplex communications
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2021 – Aug 30, 2022
Undetected for: 286 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified state and federal law enforcement
Third party: via Meriplex Communications, Ltd.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Terminating the employee
Notifying state and federal law enforcement
Launching an investigation with third-party forensic specialists
Implementing additional controls such as password rotation, data loss prevention, USB restrictions, and a review of all system accesses
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for twenty-four (24) months at no cost to you, through Equifax
Changes made: Implemented additional controls such as password rotation, data loss prevention, USB restrictions, and a review of all system accesses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(132 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 · 4 states

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Montana State AGJan 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 9 · first

Indiana State AGJan 9 · first

California State AGJan 9 · first · this page

Montana State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Jan 9 (MT), last Feb 10 (MT) — a 32-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-561473
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2023
Raw hash: fb06b8199163aa56afc46001099273c51f50845ddc4bc44a7c66da7d15ac7b28

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeriplex Communications, Ltd.

Victim entityMeriplex Communications, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2022

Stated responseTerminating the employee

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov