MalwareOtherRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Building Material Distributors, Inc.

bd_74113da880c98d61 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

May 26, 2021

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Building Material Distributors, Inc. →

Building Material Distributors, Inc. notified Montana residents of a September 18, 2020 ransomware incident. The threat actor encrypted files and exfiltrated personal information. The company contained the threat, engaged forensic experts and law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring. Notification was sent on April 26, 2021, following a manual review.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 250 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Sep 18, 2020

Discovered

May 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+28 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_37820cc0505c368c2021-05-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_3cd9e1d5c7ee83c32021-05-26Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5003f71bdf2c6e272021-05-26Verified
California State AGbd_8dbe6f7f9d0797d92021-05-26Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_478ae325fdd8fd142021-06-01 · +6dVerified

Name: Building Material Distributors, Inc.
norm: building material distributors

Name: Building Material Distributors, Inc.
norm: building material distributors
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2021
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Working with law enforcement

During the incident: Contained the threat
Commenced a thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Working with law enforcement
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Fortify security measures to help prevent future cyber security threats
Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(250 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMay 26 · first

Maine State AGMay 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 26 · first

California State AGMay 26 · first

Montana State AGMay 26 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing May 26 (IN), last Jun 1 (NH) — a 6-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/BMD-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2021
Raw hash: 68bb399716cd6a806ce5efee96016c6d464139e23c5f9094f65542bb37902de2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBuilding Material Distributors, Inc.

Victim entityBuilding Material Distributors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2020

Stated responseContained the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov