MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Credit Control Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 7, 2023

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1,564state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Credit Control Corporation →3 incidents on file

R&B Corporation of Virginia d/b/a Credit Control Corporation (CCC) experienced a ransomware incident between March 2-7, 2023, discovered on March 7, 2023. Files containing names and SSNs were copied. CCC notified 1,564 Washington residents starting May 4, 2023, and offered credit monitoring. Federal law enforcement was notified.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Mar 2, 2023

Begins

Mar 7, 2023

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_1e2e76cdb86a62942023-08-23Verified
Vermont State AGbd_c8cd0b626c1f7bc52023-08-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_e4194ca11e150fa42023-08-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0dfe7653ec466ee92023-06-20 · +64dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 100d gap

California State AGbd_584a0cb743b058312023-06-13 · +71dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_bce0ff2432e1b80a2023-06-13 · +71dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f3f4d0615ad4803a2023-06-13 · +71dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b8845ef9c13d252a2023-05-19 · +96dVerified
Maine State AGbd_5e0a9abf83df9e952023-05-15 · +100dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_f684d6b2e6b216082023-05-15 · +100dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Credit Control Corporation
norm: credit control
Domain: creditcontrol.net

Name: Credit Control Corporation
norm: credit control
Domain: creditcontrol.net
Also named: R&B Corporation of Virginiadba oflegal entity
Credit Control Corporationdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 7, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2023 – Mar 7, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,564state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified State and federal regulatorsNotified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Isolated the systems
Engaged third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Cooperated with law enforcement’s requests for information
Notified relevant Data Owners
Notified State and federal regulators
Notified the three major credit reporting agencies
Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Notified prominent media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Increasing the frequency of employee training on topics including the importance of safeguarding data
Regular and timely review and updating of existing policies and procedures related to data protection and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGMay 15 · first

Montana State AGMay 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

California State AG+29d

Oregon State AG+29d

Maine State AG+29d

New Hampshire State AG+36d

New Hampshire State AG+100d

Vermont State AG+100d

Maine State AG+100d

Washington State AG+100d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 15 (ME), last Aug 23 (WA) — a 100-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26302.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2023
Raw hash: 7672c4f37bfb132a2ad83aac0e5277bb68c79f5acfb8f82806e57ad551046bf3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCredit Control Corporation

Victim entityCredit Control Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Mar 7, 2023

Stated responseIsolated the systems

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com