HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

CM Group Holdings

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 19, 2019

Filed

Apr 1, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CM Group Holdings →

CM Group Holdings d/b/a Creative Memories notified Montana residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee computer and the online payment platform. The incident, discovered Feb 19, 2019, potentially exposed names, SSNs, and credit/debit card data (including CVVs) for transactions made between Jan 31 and Feb 19, 2019. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Jan 31, 2019

Begins

Feb 19, 2019

Discovered

Apr 1, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_dd00f5eadc7679ae2019-04-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2e1f60efbe14fb642019-04-05 · +4dVerified

Name: CM Group Holdings
norm: cm group

Name: CM Group Holdings
norm: cm group
Also named: CM Group Holdings, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Creative Memoriesdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 19, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2019 – Feb 19, 2019
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2019
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reporting this incident to certain state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic firm
Reporting this incident to certain state regulators
Providing complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards with our employees
Working to implement additional safeguards on our site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 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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Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/CON-Creative-Memories-Notice-of-Data-Event-MT.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2019
Raw hash: 2e33d2e7e656ad3e9adee90fc8cf38b1e73c769d4182c7d08ea4efae5f38151b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCM Group Holdings

Victim entityCM Group Holdings

Incidentdiscovered Feb 19, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov