MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Guardian Community Trust, Inc.

bd_1f7633b0eb4352bd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 21, 2021

Filed

Aug 23, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

93state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Guardian Community Trust, Inc. →

Guardian Community Trust, Inc. notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered on June 21, 2021. Systems were encrypted, and unauthorized actors viewed/taken name and SSN data. 93 NH residents affected. Notices sent Aug 18, 2021. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Jun 21, 2021

Discovered

Aug 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3f49e532a5bd90092021-08-18 · +5dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_4480b55626e68dc32021-08-18 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4d61ae11156e34fd2021-08-18 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_570232288e4d0afc2021-08-18 · +5dVerified

Name: Guardian Community Trust, Inc.
norm: guardian community

Name: Guardian Community Trust, Inc.
norm: guardian community
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 21, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 93state-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 New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Disconnected the infected systems from its network
Launched an investigation into the incident, including working with third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a thorough and time-intensive internal review of the data
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for five (5) years, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and to ensure the security of its systems in the future
Reviewing existing policies and procedures and implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGAug 18 · first

Montana State AGAug 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 18 · first

Indiana State AGAug 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (ME), last Aug 23 (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/guardian-community-trust-20210823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2021
Raw hash: e9b48544cc543d0edbca9617c87eccce7594e4acb046141307abdf718a83630d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGuardian Community Trust, Inc.

Victim entityGuardian Community Trust, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 21, 2021

Stated responseDisconnected the infected systems from its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov