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MASS Design Group

bd_a6205185d8b6836a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

Jul 21, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for MASS Design Group →

MASS Design Group notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident on Feb 19, 2021. An unknown third party accessed a server, encrypting data. No evidence of PII access was found, but notification was sent out of caution. The incident was remediated, and 24-month Experian IdentityWorks was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Feb 19, 2021

Begins

Feb 19, 2021

Discovered

Jul 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_796bfa133169cf202021-07-06 · +15dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_8750b44bcbcd78782021-07-06 · +15dVerified

Name: MASS Design Group
norm: mass design
Domain: massdesigngroup.org

Name: MASS Design Group
norm: mass design
Domain: massdesigngroup.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Other
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Notified outside counsel
Hired a cybersecurity consultant to conduct a forensic investigation
Removed the malicious software
Offering a complimentary 24-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewing and updating data protection policies and protocols
Engaging with a consultant to improve overall security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJul 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 6 (ME), last Jul 21 (MT) — a 15-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/notificationLetter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2021
Raw hash: 4f6fc52889d77d62a91c5f5368d9dd56292c46cd2cdef2b0bac7c1eba59c427c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMASS Design Group

Victim entityMASS Design Group

Incidentdiscovered Feb 19, 2021

Stated responseNotified outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov