MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Artie B. Ray II

bd_3b54751d75a32d12 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

Apr 26, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Artie B. Ray II →

Artie B. Ray II, CPA notified clients in April 2022 that malware infected his computer system in February 2022, potentially exposing personal information including names, contact info, and SSNs. The firm engaged IT consultants to remove malware and review security practices, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Feb 1, 2022

Begins

Feb 1, 2022

Discovered

Apr 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Artie B. Ray II
norm: artie b ray ii

Name: Artie B. Ray II
norm: artie b ray ii
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged an outside IT consultant to perform a thorough investigation
Remediated the issue and removed all malware from the system
Made immediate security changes to my computer system
Engaged an appropriate expert to assist in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems
Provided one year of complimentary credit and fraud monitoring services
Changes made: Engaged an appropriate expert to assist in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems to ensure that appropriate security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-324.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 26, 2022
Raw hash: ca41591392fb45a10f651eeb38e8a465677ef376f00d14cda8b357792d710024

Reporting entityArtie B. Ray II

Victim entityArtie B. Ray II

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2022

Stated responseEngaged an outside IT consultant to perform a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov