HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 6, 2024

Filed

Jun 28, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission →

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident occurring March 14–April 6, 2024. Unauthorized access led to the acquisition of PII including names, addresses, SSNs, bank account/routing numbers, and ID copies. ASMFC engaged third-party experts, secured systems, and offered 24 months of IDX identity theft protection. No evidence of misuse was found at the time of notice.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

Mar 14, 2024

Begins

Apr 6, 2024

Discovered

Jun 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

A leak claim by 8base about this victim predates this filing by 74 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Site8basebd_cdcd3bad1829f42f2024-04-15 · +74dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1488322330afd4be2024-06-28Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a7397fc9e658c222024-07-01 · +3dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b4fb1ab69fdd8c232024-07-01 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_bbdb037c54a80cf62024-07-03 · +5dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_7a8bc6310304f49e2024-06-11 · +17dVerified by operator

Name: ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
norm: asmfc atlantic states marine fisheries commission
Domain: asmfc.org
Industry: government_public

Name: ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
norm: asmfc atlantic states marine fisheries commission
Domain: asmfc.org
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2024 – Apr 6, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly notified law enforcement
Took immediate steps to secure our systems, restore operations, and investigate the nature and scope of the Incident
Changes made: Augmented our security practices to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Offering you a chance to enroll in complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(83 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 11 · first

Montana State AG+17d

Vermont State AG+17d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Maine State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+22d

Pattern: first filing Jun 11 (MA), last Jul 3 (NH) — a 22-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-06-28-atlantic-states-marine-fisheries-commission-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2024
Raw hash: cbf8487f6730f5d36db05165dda5d20815ace9bdc349303e3aead6008e1947b1

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Victim entityASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Incidentdiscovered Apr 6, 2024

Stated responsePromptly notified law enforcement

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov