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MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Comnet Marketing Group

bd_efbb5db7f29dd87a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 24, 2016

Filed

Jul 12, 2016

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Comnet Marketing Group

Comnet Marketing Group, Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on April 22, 2016, followed by a storage system failure on April 24, 2016. An unauthorized user gained access and deleted storage volumes. Data potentially included names, addresses, phone numbers, SSNs, and dates of hire. No evidence of misuse was found, but unauthorized access could not be ruled out. The company engaged forensic experts, took systems offline, and offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Apr 22, 2016

Begins

Apr 24, 2016

Discovered

Jul 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGJul 11 · first
Montana State AG+1d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 11 (NH), last Jul 22 (OR) — a 11-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.