HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighResolved

USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 21, 2021

Filed

May 28, 2021

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

6,225state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC →3 incidents on file

Supplemental notice for USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC regarding unauthorized access to network between Jan 21-23, 2021. Incident discovered Jan 21, 2021. Final count: 6,225 Washington residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, passports, and PHI. Investigation complete; individuals notified May 28, 2021.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Jan 21, 2021

Begins

Jan 21, 2021

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_17830c845d3f61512021-05-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_188fbd870cd7a42e2021-05-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_5c94835b6d9102622021-05-28Verified
Delaware State AGbd_683fe95cf33b77c12021-05-28Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_6bc9df8ba881f06c2021-05-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b50e33d7020ea05f2021-05-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_d7982d7a65b492842021-05-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fb16a1d8b28e19c42021-05-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cdd4b433ca29d9732021-06-04 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_2e3bfe6d1f889b232021-01-01 · +147dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC
norm: usa waste management resources
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jan 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 21, 2021 – Jan 23, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 6,225state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Washington Attorney GeneralContacted the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Contacted the FBI
Conducted an extensive review process to analyze the contents of the files potentially accessed
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to one (1) year of credit monitoring services through Experian at no cost
Contacted a third-party, who assisted with identifying locations for the impacted individuals and who gathered relevant contact information into a consistent format for notification
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying regulators as required
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards
Review policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(127 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+147d

Montana State AG+147d

Maine State AG+147d

Delaware State AG+147d

South Carolina State AG+147d

Massachusetts State AG+147d

Oregon State AG+147d

Indiana State AG+147d

Washington State AG+147d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+154d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jun 4 (NH) — a 154-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10473.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2021
Raw hash: 9e50adcc65b0c0d3465751de81563709402a2e83338ec68706939341b9238259

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityUSA Waste-Management Resources, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 21, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com