MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareVulnerability ExploitRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedTargetedGovernment IDFinancial accountPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Roy & Rurak

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2021

Filed

Mar 21, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

290state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Roy & Rurak →

Roy & Rurak reported a data security incident affecting 290 New Hampshire residents (263 adults, 27 minors). A third party gained unauthorized remote access to affiliate Medaglia & Murphy’s network on Dec 29, 2021. The attacker demanded ransom, which was paid after USSS consultation. Data accessed included SSNs, financial account numbers, and tax returns. Notifications were mailed March 16, 2022, offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Dec 29, 2021

Discovered

Mar 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2c4e7e88856695972022-03-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_8f3912dff3d681182022-03-18 · +3dVerified

Name: Roy & Rurak
norm: roy rurak

Name: Roy & Rurak
norm: roy rurak
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 290state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountPIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the cyber security division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Worked with the United States Secret Service (USSS)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted managed information technology service provider (MSP)
Disabled the Internet connection to the network
Deactivated servers and computers on the network
Removed all potential malware from the servers and computers
Rapidly rebuilt the network
Retained a cyber security attorney and a forensic expert
Notified the cyber security division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Activated the IRS’s advance fraud detection and prevention system (RICS)
Engaged with the third parties to assess their reliability and negotiate assurances
Communicated with and relied on federal law enforcement specialists at the United States Secret Service (USSS)
Paid the ransom
Monitored the dark web for information being offered for sale
Retained Epiq to provide notification letters, call center services, and credit and identity monitoring and restoration protection
Changes made: Working with the cyber security attorney and technology providers to conduct a comprehensive assessment of Medaglia & Murphy’s technological, physical, and administrative processes
Offering 2 years of credit and identity monitoring and restoration protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 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 AGMar 18 · first

Maine State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/roy-rurak-20220321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2022
Raw hash: 21cfc9904b7102c2c0117703ff0829e50c8059fdf10b1c239ad67e5c09f8d3a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRoy & Rurak

Victim entityRoy & Rurak

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2021

Stated responseContacted managed information technology service provider (MSP)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov