MalwareTransportation & LogisticsTransportationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Valley Regional Transit

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 14, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

477state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Valley Regional Transit →

Valley Regional Transit (VRT) experienced a ransomware attack in October 2021. Cybercriminals exfiltrated data before encrypting systems. The breach affected approximately 477 Idaho residents, exposing names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and one payment card number. VRT engaged forensic experts, contained the malware, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

Oct 18, 2021

Begins

Jan 14, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1d005beea990e2072022-01-21 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4f4d74fbdd5c0fb72022-01-25 · +11dVerified
Idaho State AGLockBit 2.0bd_76e9b90595f5b3242021-10-19 · +87dCandidate

Name: Valley Regional Transit
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Name: Valley Regional Transit
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Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2021 – Oct 19, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 477state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General State of Idaho

During the incident: Working with cybersecurity experts and legal counsel to contain and eradicate any malware
Investigate the scope of the incident
Obtained a decrypted copy of all exfiltrated data
Legal counsel reviewed this data to determine what information was involved
Providing substitute notice in major statewide media and on its website
Changes made: Offering one-year, complimentary membership with Experian for credit monitoring and identity theft services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Idaho State AGOct 19 · first

Idaho State AG+87d · this page

Montana State AG+94d

Massachusetts State AG+98d

Pattern: first filing Oct 19 (ID), last Jan 25 (MA) — a 98-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://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/01-14-22-Valley-Regional-Transit-VRT-Follow-up.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2022
Raw hash: 89ebad8df2b172aa860260b595b4c0b4d7db3ac25c69a8dadc1ca91a1e6f09f8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityValley Regional Transit

Victim entityValley Regional Transit

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseWorking with cybersecurity experts and legal counsel to contain and eradicate any malware

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov