MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Heavy Hammer, Inc.

bd_32d7a0ae4bfbd447 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 22, 2023

Filed

May 23, 2023

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

563state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Heavy Hammer, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Heavy Hammer, Inc., a real estate business based in Maryland, reported a ransomware cyberattack to the Washington Attorney General. The incident occurred on April 21, 2023, and was discovered the following day. The breach affected 563 Washington residents.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d4 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Apr 21, 2023

Begins

Apr 22, 2023

Discovered

May 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2eff04030016c7e22023-06-02 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3863736bac302e1b2023-06-02 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5b0383fe9134555a2023-06-02 · +10dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_720d1e34f4ace7932023-06-02 · +10dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 17d gap

California State AGbd_5b7ce0bb4fc71b552023-06-06 · +14dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_f0a7a07d987e77a12023-06-06 · +14dVerified
Maine State AGbd_cb3cfd0b71b8e8b12023-06-09 · +17dVerified

Name: Heavy Hammer, Inc.
norm: heavy hammer
Industry: Real Estate

Name: Heavy Hammer, Inc.
norm: heavy hammer
Industry: Real Estate
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 563state-resident count only
Data types: —
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGMay 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Indiana State AG+10d

Montana State AG+10d

Vermont State AG+10d

California State AG+14d

Oregon State AG+14d

Maine State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing May 23 (WA), last Jun 9 (ME) — a 17-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA24180.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2023
Raw hash: d7432e3603d1f6b06bb2274cc929c1644f276e6305152aad37d6d66bb1644648

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeavy Hammer, Inc.

Victim entityHeavy Hammer, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2023

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com