MalwareProfessional ServicesTechnologyProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Computer Merchant, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 21, 2025

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

543state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for The Computer Merchant, Ltd. →

The Computer Merchant, Ltd. reported a ransomware cyberattack in July 2024 affecting Washington residents. Personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was exfiltrated and published. The breach was discovered in January 2025 when data appeared publicly. Notices were sent in August 2025 offering identity protection services.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d33 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 184 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Jul 1, 2024

Begins

Jan 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 392 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_6d00600f90f10c7c2024-07-15 · +402dVerified

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_08dc2d6569d825102025-08-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_29c30c22f0deaab42025-08-21Verified
California State AGbd_2b56afa7cd4618742025-08-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_dfa81e3bb03611292025-08-21Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 2d gap

Texas State AGbd_09053f36a57de9092025-08-22 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_80c1facf470aa5792025-08-20 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_0bc9cb0fb948677e2025-08-19 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_59bcb7c5698db8fd2025-08-19 · +2dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_6282f30064c7ed082025-08-19 · +2dVerified

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com
Industry: Professional Services

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com
Industry: Professional Services
Industry: Professional ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2024 – Jul 5, 2024
Undetected for: 184 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2025
Affected individuals: 543state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured and restored our environment
Complete wipe and restore of our computer assets
Worked to retrieve those files
Engaged a data-review firm to analyze those files’ contents
Offering identity-theft-protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offering 12/24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
$1,000,000 Insurance reimbursement policy
Fully managed ID theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGAug 19 · first

Vermont State AGAug 19 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 19 · first

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d · this page

Texas State AG+3d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA34421.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2025
Raw hash: 9a4502cce489e5c0577ddcdc4177e48ed63c76d84019053da32d0e650fb441da

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Victim entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2025

Stated responseSecured and restored our environment

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com