MalwareFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2020

Filed

Sep 15, 2020

To disclose

24 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. →

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. notified individuals of a ransomware attack detected on August 22, 2020. The incident potentially exposed personal information including names, addresses, SSNs, and bank account details. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and the FBI, and offered 24 months of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Aug 22, 2020

Begins

Aug 22, 2020

Discovered

Sep 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_efcfa7b3c43219692020-09-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_19619fbf7d1943c42020-09-16 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_766e0953ceaa327c2020-09-16 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e3cc11ab4a21208e2020-09-21 · +6dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 83d gap

Delaware State AGbd_0e4f7cc333861c242020-12-01 · +77dVerified
Maine State AGbd_59c056781148cbf22020-12-01 · +77dVerified
California State AGbd_86c32d4710cbe0912020-12-01 · +77dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6178d3b08109a18b2020-12-07 · +83dVerified

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies of this incident as required

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts and the FBI
Offering you twenty-four (24) months of complimentary LifeLock Defender TM Choice identity protection, including credit monitoring and identity restoration services provided by NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Notifying certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies of this incident as required
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures
Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to implement additional safeguards and security protections to better protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Montana State AGSep 15 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Delaware State AG+77d

Maine State AG+77d

California State AG+77d

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (IN), last Dec 7 (NH) — a 83-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Long-Fosters-Companies.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2020
Raw hash: b625512898e587a1e3e3bb9b5ae5ce9f922356f0dbe50164416768aec376996a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Victim entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts and the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov