MalwareOtherRansomwareStolen CredentialsConti GroupContiRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

BMS CAT

bd_712c178ed11f3fc5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2022

Filed

Jul 11, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for BMS CAT →2 incidents on file

BMS CAT, Inc. notified New Hampshire AG of a ransomware incident attributed to the Conti Group. Access occurred Feb 22, 2022; discovered Feb 25, 2022. Ransom paid; data exfiltrated. 8 NH residents affected. Data types: PII, SSN, financial, PHI. Remediation: EDR, MFA, PAM.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 136 days

Feb 22, 2022

Begins

Feb 25, 2022

Discovered

Jul 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0907c69b1ca04fc52022-07-07 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4f9cfaea0e4370d42022-07-07 · +4dVerified

Name: SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
norm: seyfarth shaw

Name: BMS CAT
norm: bms cat
Domain: bmscat.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2022
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware· Conti Group
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Conti GroupExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIFiled notice with New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged an IT forensic services firm
Made a ransom payment
Obtained a decryption key
Sent the exfiltrated data for document review
Utilized an Experian service to locate addresses
Contacted the FBI
Mailed notice to impacted individuals
Changes made: Restored and updated systems
Installing endpoint detection on its systems
Implementing policies and procedures regarding privileged access management
Implementing complex passwords
Implementing multi-factor authentication
Implementing email filtering
Implementing data loss prevention
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(136 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 7 · first

Indiana State AGJul 7 · first

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bms-cat-20220711.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 11, 2022
Raw hash: eb32c4fd504fe8d167aaaff7aaf57151dbb10cde3d4aa005343c33496258dfd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySEYFARTH SHAW LLP

Victim entityBMS CAT

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2022

Stated responseEngaged an IT forensic services firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov