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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Ricardo Defense, Inc.

bd_2fd400ad6e009f80 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 4, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,1492 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Ricardo Defense, Inc. →

Ricardo Defense, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred on October 16, 2023, and was discovered on December 4, 2023. The breach impacted 1,149 individuals, including two residents of Maine. The compromised data included names along with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers combined with security codes. The company began notifying affected individuals on January 22, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 4, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 22, 202449d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Dec 4, 2023

Discovered

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,149 affectedView incident

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.