MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareThe Dark OverlordData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedActor NamedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

USA Hoist Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 17, 2017

Filed

Nov 14, 2017

To disclose

28 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for USA Hoist Company, Inc. →

USA Hoist Company, Inc. and related entities experienced a ransomware attack on October 17, 2017, attributed to the hacker group 'the Dark Overlord'. The attack encrypted data on a server storing employee and vendor information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and health insurance applications. Approximately 2 individuals in New Hampshire were affected. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and increased data security measures.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Oct 17, 2017

Begins

Oct 17, 2017

Discovered

Nov 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGthe Dark Overlordbd_a2f95e48b76d05ef2017-11-20 · +6dVerified

Name: USA Hoist Company, Inc.
norm: usa hoist

Name: USA Hoist Company, Inc.
norm: usa hoist
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Ransomware· the Dark Overlord
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: The Dark OverlordExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the attack to the FBINotified applicable states' Attorneys General

During the incident: Hired a forensic information technology firm to conduct a thorough investigation of the attack
Reported the attack to the FBI
Fully complied with any requests for information from law enforcement regarding the breach
Notified applicable states' Attorneys General as required by the relevant states' laws
Changes made: Prevent any future attacks by increasing data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 14 · first · this page

California State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 14 (NH), last Nov 20 (CA) — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/usa-hoist-20171114.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2017
Raw hash: 0357467f624d61de677181b1d0fbaa72b6b1a105f1cb466f1bd1c63b129df613

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUSA Hoist Company, Inc.

Victim entityUSA Hoist Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2017

Stated responseHired a forensic information technology firm to conduct a thorough investigation of the attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov