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New England Copy Specialist

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 11, 2023

Filed

Aug 7, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for New England Copy Specialist →

New England Copy Specialists, Inc. disclosed a ransomware incident affecting Vermont and Rhode Island residents. Unauthorized access occurred May 22–June 10, 2023, leading to file encryption discovered on June 11, 2023. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, dates of birth, and salary information. The company engaged forensic investigators, restored systems from backups, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

May 22, 2023

Begins

Jun 11, 2023

Discovered

Aug 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 7 · first
Vermont State AGAug 7 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 7 (MA), last Aug 14 (NH) — a 7-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.