MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ALE Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2020

Filed

Jan 8, 2021

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

53state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ALE Solutions, Inc. →2 incidents on file

ALE Solutions, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unknown actor encrypted data and potentially exfiltrated personal information (names, SSNs) between April and June 2020. The company engaged forensic experts, implemented MFA and threat detection, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 282 days

Apr 1, 2020

Begins

Apr 1, 2020

Discovered

Jan 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_94fb9b704ac16ee22021-01-11 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_be04a58695a2ade52021-01-11 · +3dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_9dfdd5a549bdc6502021-01-01 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_38671801fc793c862021-01-18 · +10dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 11d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8960a8bc919162fd2021-01-18 · +10dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_a2e38011a1d73a052021-01-19 · +11dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_f95391123390dc922021-01-19 · +11dVerified
Maine State AGbd_fcecc142923d79472021-01-19 · +11dVerified

Name: ALE Solutions, Inc.
norm: ale solutions

Name: ALE Solutions, Inc.
norm: ale solutions
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 53state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading independent digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Completed our review and gathering contact information needed to notify all potentially affected individuals
Offering you credit monitoring and identity monitoring services
Improved our systems to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident occurring in the future
Deployment of an advanced threat detection tool with twenty-four hour active monitoring by a cybersecurity operations team
Implementing hardened procedures for network administration
Implementing multifactor user authentication
Changes made: Deployment of an advanced threat detection tool with twenty-four hour active monitoring by a cybersecurity operations team
Implementing hardened procedures for network administration
Implementing multifactor user authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(282 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+7d · this page

Indiana State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d

California State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+17d

Oregon State AG+18d

New Hampshire State AG+18d

Maine State AG+18d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 19 (ME) — a 18-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/aleSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2021
Raw hash: bf58ce7a260be2af838056bb9b3103991059663c065ce33a19a7d2777f6814a9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityALE Solutions, Inc.

Victim entityALE Solutions, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov