MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Columbia Hospitality, LLC

bd_6fb4ddb9eb065d5f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 30, 2024

Filed

Jan 21, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

3,787state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Columbia Hospitality, LLC →2 incidents on file

Columbia Hospitality, Inc. reported a ransomware incident to the Washington AG. Unauthorized access occurred on July 30, 2024, affecting 3,787 Washington residents. Compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Jul 30, 2024

Begins

Jul 30, 2024

Discovered

Jan 21, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38da5cf4145f53bf2025-01-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_7434a70acfb993d92025-01-21Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_7be19f68cd7093112025-01-21Verified
Vermont State AGbd_986671fdf8cc2eea2025-01-21Verified

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Montana State AGbd_a9344c33bcce81362025-01-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7e79936124144a472025-01-17 · +4dVerified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: Columbia Hospitality, LLC
norm: columbia hospitality
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Jul 30, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 30, 2024 – Dec 18, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 3,787state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIFiled notice with Washington Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained an independent computer forensic investigator
Notified the FBI
Enhanced the security of its network
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and Cyberscan monitoring
Offered fully managed identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Enhanced network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGJan 17 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d · this page

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/BreachA31983.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2025
Raw hash: 50d963cf3810cc0fb0b78ef19bcc028c84440b40992d901618f8ae8e6b63ce4e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityColumbia Hospitality, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2024

Stated responseRetained an independent computer forensic investigator

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com