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Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society

bd_4bb73fc46f22e217 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2020

Filed

Aug 21, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Art Resource, Inc. & Artists Rights Society

Art Resource, Inc. and Artists Rights Society notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident on May 26, 2020. The attack encrypted systems, making names and Social Security numbers inaccessible. Forensic investigators found no evidence of data theft, but offered one year of free credit monitoring via Kroll to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

May 26, 2020

Discovered

Aug 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first
Montana State AGAug 21 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (MA), last Aug 27 (NH) — a 6-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.