MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Western Spirits Beverage Company

bd_1526b01f19e386b0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2021

Filed

Nov 8, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Western Spirits Beverage Company →

Western Spirits Beverage Company notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware incident discovered on September 18, 2021, involving file encryption and unauthorized access to systems containing names and Social Security numbers. Three New Hampshire residents were affected. The company engaged legal counsel, secured systems, reported to law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Experian. The investigation was ongoing at the time of filing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Sep 18, 2021

Discovered

Nov 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_729ed22ae1bfcaf12021-11-03 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_934e5f22091b02bc2021-11-03 · +5dVerified

Name: Western Spirits Beverage Company
norm: western spirits beverage

Name: Western Spirits Beverage Company
norm: western spirits beverage
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged law firm to conduct a legal investigation
Took steps to secure the environment
Commenced a review of existing security policies
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Implementing additional measures and enhanced security tools to further protect information in our systems
Providing additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 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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Maine State AGNov 3 · first

Indiana State AGNov 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 3 (ME), last Nov 8 (NH) — a 5-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/western-spirits-beverage-20211108.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2021
Raw hash: f29823d425a4ecd1407d75fbfe2ab08e31a5c31695b20cde4fc55173c191c5f1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWestern Spirits Beverage Company

Victim entityWestern Spirits Beverage Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2021

Stated responseEngaged law firm to conduct a legal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov