MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)LowContained

George F. Young, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 6, 2024

Filed

May 7, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for George F. Young, Inc. →2 incidents on file

George F. Young, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware attack on Oct 21, 2023, which encrypted systems. The company discovered potential unauthorized access to personal info (names) on Feb 6, 2024, after reviewing exfiltrated files. One NH resident was notified on Apr 17, 2024. No evidence of actual viewing was found, but credit monitoring was offered. Law enforcement was notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 108 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Oct 21, 2023

Begins

Feb 6, 2024

Discovered

May 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4afb0567b3633c372024-04-17 · +20dCandidate

Name: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
norm: greenberg traurig
Domain: georgefashion.com

Name: George F. Young, Inc.
norm: george f young
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 21, 2023
Undetected for: 108 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella

During the incident: Hired counsel who retained third party experts to begin restoring systems and performing an investigation
Notified law enforcement of this incident
Offering identity theft protection services to individuals impacted by this incident through a data breach and recovery service, CyberScout by TransUnion
Changes made: Increasing the monitoring of its networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGApr 17 · first

New Hampshire State AG+20d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 17 (IN), last May 7 (NH) — a 20-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/george-f-young-20240507.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 7, 2024
Raw hash: 892f7c1f6beb39eb89cd86eb0a6229d887823a2781572abf440709fb1eda8d40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreenberg Traurig, LLP

Victim entityGeorge F. Young, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2024

Stated responseHired counsel who retained third party experts to begin restoring systems and performing an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov