MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Advanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2021

Filed

Aug 5, 2021

To disclose

27 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Advanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures →

Advanced Technology Ventures and Lightstone Ventures notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting two servers. Discovered July 9, 2021, via third-party IT provider. Exfiltration confirmed July 26. Affected data includes names, emails, phone numbers, and SSNs of 2 NH residents. Notifications sent Aug 4, 2021.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

Jul 9, 2021

Discovered

Aug 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

Indiana State AGbd_a4fdde5acc01137f2021-08-04 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0088dac47362d8872021-07-30 · +6dCandidate

Name: Advanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures
norm: advanced technology ventures lightstone

Name: Advanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures
norm: advanced technology ventures lightstone
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 9, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified the FBI
Launched an investigation
Required all employees to log out of their corporate email accounts and change their passwords
Deployed endpoint protection on the corporate network
Retained a forensic investigation firm to assist in the investigation
Changes made: Deployed additional endpoint protection on our corporate network to help prevent this type of incident from reoccurring in the future
Providing two years of free identity theft protection and credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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 AGJul 30 · first

Indiana State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 30 (ME), last Aug 5 (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/atlantic-coast-dismantling-20210805.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2021
Raw hash: f0cf0121573744e81253760153a660fe6002a36c37b5039f391eff88150085ea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures

Victim entityAdvanced Technology Ventures & Lightstone Ventures

Incidentdiscovered Jul 9, 2021

Stated responseNotified the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov