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MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

BACKROADS

bd_7381ee0e20a51853 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 2, 2020

Filed

Nov 19, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for BACKROADS

Backroads experienced a ransomware incident on October 2, 2020, where files were encrypted and inaccessible. Investigation revealed that unknown actors had access to certain files containing employee personal information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial account information, and health insurance information. Backroads engaged forensic specialists, rebuilt its network, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected employees.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Oct 2, 2020

Begins

Oct 2, 2020

Discovered

Nov 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Show 2 more filingsup to 116d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 19 · first
Montana State AGNov 19 · first
Maine State AGNov 19 · first
California State AGNov 19 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 19 (MA), last Mar 15 (NH) — a 116-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.