MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

Aug 11, 2021

To disclose

26 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc →2 incidents on file

J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on July 16, 2021, resulting in unauthorized access and encryption of servers. The incident affected current and former team members and their dependents, exposing contact information, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The company contained the incident, reported it to the FBI, and offered two years of identity theft protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jul 16, 2021

Begins

Jul 16, 2021

Discovered

Aug 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc
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Name: J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc
norm: jb poindexter
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with the FBI in connection with its investigation of the cyber criminals

During the incident: Took action to remediate this incident, and also to ensure that future access would be prevented
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Cooperating with the FBI in connection with its investigation of the cyber criminals
Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an attack
Offering an identity theft monitoring and restoration plan for two years at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an attack and to protect the privacy of our valued team members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-543782
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2021
Raw hash: 5ab69d1bb912457d0c68cdcddf6cc1b6121cca2380e5701088067cbe1aea1586

Reporting entityJ.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc

Victim entityJ.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2021

Stated responseTook action to remediate this incident, and also to ensure that future access would be prevented

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov