HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Janus Research Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2022

Filed

Feb 10, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Janus Research Group →

Janus Research Group notified Montana residents that an unknown actor accessed employee credentials between Nov 12-17, 2022. The incident exposed names and SSNs. Janus engaged forensic specialists, secured its network, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian. Notification was sent Feb 10, 2023.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Nov 12, 2022

Begins

Nov 18, 2022

Discovered

Feb 10, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitedonutleaksbd_57a0378d6cc1c7382022-11-24 · +78dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_235cd66292b281ee2023-02-14 · +4dVerified

Name: Janus Research Group
norm: janus research

Name: Janus Research Group
norm: janus research

Discovered: Nov 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2022 – Nov 17, 2022
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcementreporting to regulatory authorities, as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network and minimize any disruption to our operations
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident with the assistance of industry-leading cybersecurity specialists
Deployment of an advanced threat protection and monitoring tool
Reviewing existing security policies and implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Offering you immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for twenty four months at no cost to you, through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 10 · 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/Consumer-Notification-Letter-819.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 10, 2023
Raw hash: 49e9d0d63f0bf0fbe42c83813838bb4f81934748830936895799c1bb44283491

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJanus Research Group

Victim entityJanus Research Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network and minimize any disruption to our operations

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov