HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

Cog Marketers, Ltd

bd_c2ff676af9a5875f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2023

Filed

Mar 9, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cog Marketers, Ltd →

Cog Marketers, Ltd d/b/a AgroLiquid notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring in December 2022, discovered in February 2023. Unauthorized access to servers exposed names and credit card information. The company reset passwords, enhanced security, implemented MFA, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Dec 1, 2022

Begins

Feb 1, 2023

Discovered

Mar 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Cog Marketers, Ltd
norm: cog marketers

Name: Cog Marketers, Ltd
norm: cog marketers
Also named: Cog Marketers, Ltddba oflegal entity
AgroLiquiddba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2022
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed all passwords for servers and email accounts
Actively monitoring the servers and email accounts
Enhanced network security features
Implemented multi-factor authentication on systems
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Enhanced network security features
Implemented multi-factor authentication on systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 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-letter-106.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 9, 2023
Raw hash: e7563f6442062e008299091204a80aabdc035efc72e295617cbc2c9b942e7aa4

Reporting entityCog Marketers, Ltd

Victim entityCog Marketers, Ltd

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2023

Stated responseChanged all passwords for servers and email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov