MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsPHIHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Ray Catena Motor Car

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

Mar 18, 2025

To disclose

16 months

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ray Catena Motor Car →3 incidents on file

Ray Catena Motor Car Corp. notified Maryland AG of a ransomware incident affecting 16 Maryland residents. An unknown actor gained access between Nov 5-17, 2023, encrypting files and exfiltrating data including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, credentials, and PHI. Notification sent March 18, 2025. Credit monitoring offered.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d16 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 487 days

Nov 5, 2023

Begins

Nov 17, 2023

Discovered

Jun 10, 2024

Scope determined

Mar 18, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+62 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_0cdcf89b349daf042025-03-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_edeab0d9429d4a6b2025-07-30 · +134dVerified

Name: Ray Catena Motor Car
norm: ray catena motor car

Name: Ray Catena Motor Car
norm: ray catena motor car
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2023 – Nov 17, 2023
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 10, 2024
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2025
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulatorsProviding notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion

During the incident: Took steps to secure its environment
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Notified federal law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Cyberscout
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewed security policies and procedures
Implementing additional security measures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(487 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGMar 18 · first

Maryland State AGMar 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+134d

Pattern: first filing Mar 18 (VT), last Jul 30 (NH) — a 134-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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376563.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2025
Raw hash: eb4183c1d3c827c27389d67bf1f00791b7a205c231209de639389e1c9976efff

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRay Catena Motor Car

Victim entityRay Catena Motor Car

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure its environment

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov