MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

The Computer Merchant, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 19, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Computer Merchant, Ltd. →

The Computer Merchant, Ltd. notified Nebraska residents of a July 2024 cyberattack where an unauthorized party accessed personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. The breach was discovered in January 2025 when data appeared publicly. The company offered 12-24 months of IDX identity-theft protection. The incident involved ransomware and data exfiltration.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

undetected · 184 days

Jul 1, 2024

Begins

Jan 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 19, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 417 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_6d00600f90f10c7c2024-07-15 · +400dVerified

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0bc9cb0fb948677e2025-08-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_59bcb7c5698db8fd2025-08-19Verified
Montana State AGbd_80c1facf470aa5792025-08-20 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_08dc2d6569d825102025-08-21 · +2dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 3d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_29c30c22f0deaab42025-08-21 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_2b56afa7cd4618742025-08-21 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_785d79b5b8ebd3b32025-08-21 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_dfa81e3bb03611292025-08-21 · +2dVerified
Texas State AGbd_09053f36a57de9092025-08-22 · +3dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2024
Undetected for: 184 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured and restored our environment
Complete wipe and restore of our computer assets
Engaged a data-review firm to analyze those files’ contents
Offering identity-theft-protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offering identity-theft-protection services through IDX
12/24 Months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
$1,000,000 Insurance reimbursement policy
Fully managed ID theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 19 · first

Vermont State AGAug 19 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

Texas State AG+3d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/e65a5e51-93f6-4293-8081-3b1202007c4f.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2025
Raw hash: 6c4881e4240819894929ae3ca2e2a72ec057311c087714448098872fbe90361b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Victim entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2025

Stated responseSecured and restored our environment

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov