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Payette Associates Inc.

bd_773140c3bc3df0c9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2020

Filed

Nov 9, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Payette Associates Inc. →

Payette Associates Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on November 3, 2020, of a data event discovered on September 25, 2020. An unauthorized actor accessed the network, encrypting systems via malware infection. The incident affected 15 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. Payette engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Sep 25, 2020

Discovered

Nov 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGNov 3 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 3 · first
New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 3 (ME), last Nov 9 (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.