MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

ARTECH

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 8, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

73state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ARTECH →

Artech, L.L.C. notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting 73 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 5-8, 2020, via an employee account. Data exposed included SSNs, financial info, and health data. Artech engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, reset passwords, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 244 days

Jan 5, 2020

Begins

Jan 8, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1e11fb622714dc472020-09-04 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_24d9edd9231d89db2020-09-04 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_57710d633fe86de02020-09-04 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_d1f3a21e3489e7182020-09-04 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 251d gap

Montana State AGbd_eac9f3261c6d2e062020-09-04 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7fbc28b160ee71262020-01-13 · +239dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_683e8ea7ca24d30f2020-01-01 · +251dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: ARTECH
norm: artech-fr
Domain: artech.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 5, 2020 – Jan 8, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 73state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately commenced an investigation
Secured the involved network
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Engaged a leading third-party forensic investigation firm
Reviewed and enhanced the existing security measures relating to the involved network
Isolated and terminated suspicious activity identified on the potentially affected systems
Conducted a thorough forensic analysis of these systems
Rebuilt systems
Confirmed that patching and updating was current within the involved network
Reset passwords
Confirmed that two-factor authentication was appropriately implemented
Changes made: Enhanced existing security measures relating to the involved network
Rebuilt systems
Confirmed that patching and updating was current within the involved network
Confirmed that two-factor authentication was appropriately implemented
Conducting additional employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(244 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+12d

Washington State AG+247d

Massachusetts State AG+247d

Oregon State AG+247d

California State AG+247d

Montana State AG+247d

New Hampshire State AG+251d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 8 (NH) — a 251-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/artech-20200908.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2020
Raw hash: 940e86c6bd779261e46868452deaf2f69fdc5ffe522fc1a900db1ccbf3703e85

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityARTECH

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2020

Stated responseImmediately commenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov