MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

L.B. Foster Company

bd_457087ddbff00366 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 4, 2020

Filed

Mar 29, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for L.B. Foster Company →

L.B. Foster Company reported a malware/ransomware attack impacting its network between Sept 30 and Oct 4, 2020. The incident resulted in the exfiltration of names and Social Security numbers. One New Hampshire resident was identified as affected. L.B. Foster engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

Sep 30, 2020

Begins

Oct 4, 2020

Discovered

Mar 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_731798283199ae532021-03-22 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9b52f75acfc66f452021-03-22 · +7dCandidate

Name: L.B. Foster Company
norm: lb foster
Domain: lbfoster.com

Name: L.B. Foster Company
norm: lb foster
Domain: lbfoster.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 30, 2020 – Oct 4, 2020
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotifying state regulators, as required

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Secured the systems
Restored access to the information
Notified federal law enforcement
Performed a comprehensive review of all information impacted
Conducted a manual review of its records
Implemented additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its system
Provided written notice to potentially affected individuals
Offered complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 24 months through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented new security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 22 · first

Montana State AGMar 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 22 (MA), last Mar 29 (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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/lb-foster-20210329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2021
Raw hash: af87591d4b2aecb8a3c818c7cde130f8db7aee41f38ffab9d506a54f15ba0492

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityL.B. Foster Company

Victim entityL.B. Foster Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov