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The North Highland Holding Company LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2022

Filed

Sep 26, 2022

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The North Highland Holding Company LLC →

North Highland experienced a ransomware attack impacting on-premises servers. Attackers gained access on or around May 26, 2022, and the incident was discovered on June 6, 2022. Personal information of current and former employees, as well as dependents and beneficiaries, was exfiltrated. Data included names, SSNs, bank account numbers, health information, and employment records. The company engaged external experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of identity protection via Experian. The investigation is ongoing.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 6, 2022 → Notified Sep 23, 2022109d ✗ CA 60-day late16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

May 26, 2022

Begins

Jun 6, 2022

Discovered

Sep 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b03ec36e53e8b9ba2022-09-26Verified
Oregon State AGbd_cd7f068cb537a6892022-09-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_4a5a5be8d6ceb7772022-09-23 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_52c6629a73a1db9d2022-07-29 · +59dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_976dd13c4d3300812022-07-28 · +60dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f6fd1512ab6ececb2022-07-28 · +60dCandidate

Name: The North Highland Holding Company LLC
norm: the north highland

Name: The North Highland Holding Company LLC
norm: the north highland
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2022
Breach occurred: May 26, 2022
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)Minor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement of the attack

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity experts to help with the investigation and remediation of the incident
Notified law enforcement of the attack
Initiated a number of technical remediation efforts, including new password requirements for all employees
Arranged to provide certain identity protection services to impacted employees, former employees, dependents and beneficiaries through Experian
Changes made: Initiated a number of technical remediation efforts, including new password requirements for all employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 109d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 6, 2022
→ Notified: Sep 23, 2022
109d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 6, 2022 → Notified: Sep 23, 2022	109d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

Maine State AGJul 28 · first

Oregon State AG+1d

Montana State AG+57d

Maine State AG+60d

Oregon State AG+60d

California State AG+60d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (MA), last Sep 26 (CA) — a 60-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-557632
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2022
Raw hash: 3c963672d9820f1309b26bb50d75e3b197fd9f014a44849729bbc13ba1489905

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe North Highland Holding Company LLC

Victim entityThe North Highland Holding Company LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2022

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity experts to help with the investigation and remediation of the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov