MalwareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

GLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2018

Filed

Mar 22, 2019

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for GLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC →

AG Source, Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack discovered on December 22, 2018. The attack encrypted files and potentially exposed names and Social Security Numbers. The company engaged law enforcement and cybersecurity consultants, restored systems, and sent notifications on March 22, 2019.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Dec 22, 2018

Discovered

Mar 22, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_866425ecca8c75ca2019-02-05 · +45dCandidate

Name: GLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC
norm: global ag source
Domain: ag-source.com

Name: GLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC
norm: global ag source
Domain: ag-source.com

Discovered: Dec 22, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Involved law enforcement authorities
Retained cybersecurity consultants
Started investigating and addressing the incident
Changes made: Taking security measures that will strengthen our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(90 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 5 · first

Montana State AG+45d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 5 (NH), last Mar 22 (MT) — a 45-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-Copy-of-Data-Breach-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2019
Raw hash: 150e3c1d2ca5e4b8f414f86bb175264baef825c81194e63f5c295850dc42f3cf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC

Victim entityGLOBAL AG SOURCE, INC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2018

Stated responseInvolved law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov