MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

RAND WORLDWIDE, INC.

bd_1cb6e1bca1871be5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for RAND WORLDWIDE, INC. →

Rand Worldwide notified the New Hampshire AG of a ransomware attack discovered on June 24, 2020. The incident encrypted data and compromised names and SSNs of 11 NH residents. Rand engaged forensic investigators, implemented additional safeguards, and provided two years of Experian credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notices were sent on August 11, 2020.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Jun 24, 2020

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_40a8927a1460c1372020-08-12 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_c817f173f60bfc3e2020-08-12 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_ffe64b3adf62f3022020-08-11 · +6dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: RAND WORLDWIDE, INC.
norm: rand worldwide
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged a third-party to conduct a forensic investigation
Provided written notice to all affected individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for two years through Experian
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Implemented additional safeguards to further secure system information
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to further secure system information
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 11 (IN), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 6-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/rand-worldwide-20200817.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 17, 2020
Raw hash: 99d821e3068ff4b07bdc10ab834ab63d7c8c800e75300990b57244a4bfe000c9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityRAND WORLDWIDE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a third-party to conduct a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov