MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society

bd_270dba98ff5cb637 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2020

Filed

Aug 27, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society →

Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered May 26, 2020. The attack encrypted personal information, including names and SSNs, affecting 11 NH residents. The company engaged forensic investigators and provided one to two years of credit monitoring via Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

May 26, 2020

Discovered

Aug 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_4165ff6acad5b7912020-08-21 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_4bb73fc46f22e2172020-08-21 · +6dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society
norm: art resource inc artists rights society
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 26, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 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

During the incident: Engaged a computer forensics expert to investigate
Provided written notice to all affected individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for between one and two years through Kroll
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 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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Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

Montana State AGAug 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (MA), last Aug 27 (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/art-resource-artists-rights-20200827.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 27, 2020
Raw hash: 5156523dd64ff450d4d1ec5c92cbe8a75749cbd3e27d0d45726fa276063bf53d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityArt Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a computer forensics expert to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov