MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedAuthenticationEmploymentFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

McMenamins, Inc.

bd_48a7a67a3ff6841c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 12, 2021

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

20,0004,693 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for McMenamins, Inc. →

McMenamins, Inc. reported a ransomware attack discovered on December 12, 2021, with unauthorized access dating back to December 7, 2021. The incident affected current and former employees and investors, exposing PII, SSNs, medical notes, and payroll data. Approximately 20,000 individuals were potentially affected, including 4,693 Washington residents. McMenamins engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided credit monitoring services.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d18 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Dec 7, 2021

Begins

Dec 12, 2021

Discovered

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_d9892f7c34e2cea52021-12-21 · +9dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_7f15c8a5259550dd2021-12-30Verified
Indiana State AGbd_893688775c71c6d42021-12-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_40847924a834e0f42022-01-18 · +19dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c09f19d8ba46b5fa2022-01-18 · +19dVerified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_feba65f7cb20750a2022-01-18 · +19dVerified

Name: McMenamins, Inc.
norm: mcmenamins

Name: McMenamins, Inc.
norm: mcmenamins
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2021 – Dec 12, 2021
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 20,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Attorney General of WashingtonNotified the Attorney General of Oregon

During the incident: Blocked access to its computer systems and contained the attack
Engaged an experienced cybersecurity forensics firm to investigate the incident
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and has been cooperating with the FBI’s investigative efforts
Issued notices of the incident to investors via email, to current employees via email and signs at company locations, and to news media
Established a call center to answer questions from potentially affected individuals
Mailed via first-class U.S. mail notices to individuals employed between July 1, 2010 and December 12, 2021, and investors
Providing substitute notice through its website (mcmenamins.com) and further notification to major statewide media in Washington and Oregon
Providing all of the affected individuals referenced above with identity and credit monitoring and protection services through Experian
Notifying the three major credit reporting bureaus
Changes made: Working to restore its business systems
Enhance its security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Oregon State AGDec 30 · first

Indiana State AGDec 30 · first

Washington State AGDec 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+19d

Massachusetts State AG+19d

Maine State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing Dec 30 (OR), last Jan 18 (ME) — a 19-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA5240.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2021
Raw hash: ffe4e0caa90b62f3bcdec937ef572c66bfcfcfd9f24d091afe56007b86ba02ac

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcMenamins, Inc.

Victim entityMcMenamins, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2021

Stated responseBlocked access to its computer systems and contained the attack

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com