HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Career Group, Inc.

bd_ad232bdb05131336 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2021

Filed

Aug 31, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Career Group, Inc. →

Career Group, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized network access occurring between June 28 and July 7, 2021, detected on July 2, 2021. The incident potentially exposed PII including names and government IDs. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 28, 2021

Begins

Jul 2, 2021

Discovered

Aug 31, 2021

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_51c19442da2d3c702021-08-31Verified
Maine State AGbd_9684fce1bd63dfef2021-08-31Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bb17bfc6daca99022021-08-31Verified
California State AGbd_d1dbb9a76fd0eadf2021-08-31Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_8c8eded5538e40312021-09-07 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_969931aadb8d57a42021-01-01 · +242dCandidate

Name: Career Group, Inc.
norm: career group

Name: Career Group, Inc.
norm: career group
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 7, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contained and secured the threat
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+242d

Maine State AG+242d

Massachusetts State AG+242d

California State AG+242d

Montana State AG+242d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+249d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 7 (NH) — a 249-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-93.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2021
Raw hash: 2b92c8a67637548ab08a8ead4b0532a1da48a9b6ad08597a646b2665b80f4c53

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareer Group, Inc.

Victim entityCareer Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2021

Stated responseContained and secured the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov