MalwareFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

North American Specialty Corporation

bd_367230a44c0b4f07 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 4, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

11state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for North American Specialty Corporation →

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. notified individuals of a ransomware incident detected on September 26, 2020. The attacker accessed data between June 3 and September 26, 2020. Impacted data included personal information. Gallagher engaged forensic specialists, took systems offline, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring. No actual misuse was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

Jun 3, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11 affectedView incident

Name: ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.
norm: arthur j gallagher

Name: North American Specialty Corporation
norm: north american specialty
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2020 – Sep 26, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement and regulatory authorities

During the incident: Took all systems offline as a precautionary measure
Initiated response protocols
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity and forensic specialists
Implemented business continuity plans
Reported this incident to law enforcement and regulatory authorities
Changes made: Reviewed existing security policies
Implemented additional measures and enhanced security tools
Implemented additional safeguards
Provided additional training to employees on data privacy and security
Provided access to identity and credit monitoring services for twenty-four months through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/NorthAmericanSpecialtyCorperation.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2021
Raw hash: 8282d44c97fd5b3c3064d733a94ea42d04f81726f2357286b3a35313611fd57b

Reporting entityARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.

Victim entityNorth American Specialty Corporation

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseTook all systems offline as a precautionary measure

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov