MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

ARTECH

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 8, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

1,664state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for ARTECH →

Artech, L.L.C. reported a ransomware incident affecting 1,664 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 5-8, 2020, via compromised employee credentials. Data exposed included SSNs, DOBs, financial accounts, and PHI. Artech engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, reset passwords, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 240 days

Jan 5, 2020

Begins

Jan 8, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_24d9edd9231d89db2020-09-04Verified
Oregon State AGbd_57710d633fe86de02020-09-04Verified
California State AGbd_d1f3a21e3489e7182020-09-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_eac9f3261c6d2e062020-09-04Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 247d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0c183cf571c15ad32020-09-08 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7fbc28b160ee71262020-01-13 · +235dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_683e8ea7ca24d30f2020-01-01 · +247dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: ARTECH
norm: artech-fr
Domain: artech.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

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: 1,664state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthUnique private keyPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
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
Providing notice of the event and access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services for one year, through Kroll
Changes made: Enhanced the 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: 34 weeks(240 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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

Massachusetts State AG+247d

Oregon State AG+247d

California State AG+247d

Montana State AG+247d

Washington State AG+247d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+251d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10287.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: cbddf2d894c4df43cbdc0150c42bf8d156f7f50d69f41c66073be69619f136bc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityARTECH

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2020

Stated responseImmediately commenced an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com