MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Colony Hardware

bd_730f57790b66ea0d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2020

Filed

Dec 28, 2020

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Colony Hardware →

Colony Hardware, a retail hardware store, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred on March 3, 2020, when an actor encrypted systems. The breach exposed names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Colony Hardware engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Mar 3, 2020

Begins

Dec 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 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

Indiana State AGbd_2b7b17bcf7176f802020-12-21 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_38f4f3777d9e32462020-12-21 · +7dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Colony Hardware
norm: colony hardware
Domain: colony.triplestitch.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 3, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Working with third-party forensic computer specialists
Notified law enforcement of this incident
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 24 months, through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(302 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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Indiana State AGDec 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (IN), last Dec 28 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/colony-hardware-20201228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2020
Raw hash: 6182c05287d12dcfe53dfa6bd0b9fcb2c807a7e0c45c0c03937f5393b9c487b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityColony Hardware

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2020

Stated responseWorking with third-party forensic computer specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov