MalwareOtherRansomwareDarkSideRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Carolina Eastern, Inc.

bd_490d38b0e32f00c6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

Jul 30, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Carolina Eastern, Inc. →

Carolina Eastern, Inc. notified the NH AG of a DarkSide ransomware attack. Operations interrupted April 23, 2021; discovered May 11, 2021. Attackers exfiltrated PII (SSN, DOB, address, health insurance, driver's license) from employee/applicant records. 7 NH residents affected. Notification sent July 27, 2021. FBI engaged; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Apr 23, 2021

Begins

May 11, 2021

Discovered

Jul 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_32d72e5f9dd8c4b92021-07-27 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGDarkSidebd_76eedf21a8b032222021-07-27 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7e1fe4650a380d302021-07-27 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_cbef747a72dbc3022021-05-27 · +64dCandidate

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2021
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware· DarkSide
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: DarkSideExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI Cyber Crimes Division

During the incident: Engaged leading outside security experts to assist with our investigation
Implemented various cyber security enhancements
Working closely with the FBI
Provided potentially affected individuals with one year of identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian at no cost
Changes made: Implemented various cyber security enhancements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 27 · first

Massachusetts State AG+61d

Montana State AG+61d

Maine State AG+61d

New Hampshire State AG+64d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 27 (IN), last Jul 30 (NH) — a 64-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/carolina-eastern-20210730.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 30, 2021
Raw hash: d100da0903b6667f24ad43ea2bf0c8d3b8efa2fc32fa87893bfe6a139f91110d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Victim entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2021

Stated responseEngaged leading outside security experts to assist with our investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov