MalwareOtherRansomwareDarkSideRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumActive

Carolina Eastern, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

Jul 27, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carolina Eastern, Inc. →

Carolina Eastern, Inc. notified Montana AG of a DarkSide ransomware attack. Unauthorized access occurred starting April 23, 2021; discovered May 11, 2021. Employment records including SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, and addresses were potentially accessed. Notification sent July 27, 2021. FBI notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Apr 23, 2021

Begins

May 11, 2021

Discovered

Jul 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_32d72e5f9dd8c4b92021-07-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_7e1fe4650a380d302021-07-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGDarkSidebd_490d38b0e32f00c62021-07-30 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_cbef747a72dbc3022021-05-27 · +61dCandidate

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2021
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware· DarkSide
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: DarkSideExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported incident to the FBI Cyber Crimes Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took affected systems offline to contain the threat
Secured systems and restored affected devices
Retained leading outside security experts to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Reported this incident to the FBI Cyber Crimes Division
Changes made: Making improvements to security systems and operations to increase security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 27 · first

Massachusetts State AG+61d

Maine State AG+61d

Montana State AG+61d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+64d

Pattern: first filing May 27 (IN), last Jul 30 (NH) — a 64-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/OCP/a-notif-108.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2021
Raw hash: 59f5b8f0c04639c533ff2d803ead4642f29f9d3014b674367158a724bc5b26ee

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Victim entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2021

Stated responseTook affected systems offline to contain the threat

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov