HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ricardo

bd_30511eb2b4b76350 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ricardo →2 incidents on file

Ricardo Defense, Inc. reported unauthorized network access between Oct 16-23, 2023, discovered Oct 23, 2023. One NH resident affected. Data included PII/SSN. Company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Oct 23, 2023

Discovered

Dec 4, 2023

Scope determined

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 81 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1aca862eee89f09c2024-01-22Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_d6633f0caf0b481f2024-01-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e20a8377de30bcc12024-01-22Verified

Name: Ricardo
norm: ricardo
Domain: ricardo.com

Name: Ricardo
norm: ricardo
Domain: ricardo.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2023 – Oct 23, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 4, 2023
Notification sent: Jan 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to regulators as necessary

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of its systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement of the event
Implemented additional safeguards
Engaged third-party forensic specialists
Changes made: Offering individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident access to credit monitoring services for 12 months through Experian, at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 22 · first

Vermont State AGJan 22 · first

Indiana State AGJan 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 22 · first · this page

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/ricardo-defense-20240122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2024
Raw hash: d4b34123d784ab7377676017c7edd6158d10eacf8c7d8fd7e2a972fb912f1d93

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRicardo

Victim entityRicardo

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov