MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

East Coast Seafood Group LLC

bd_86a5e12600260268 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

Jul 12, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for East Coast Seafood Group LLC →

East Coast Seafood Group LLC notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered Dec 3, 2020. Unauthorized access occurred Nov 10–Dec 4, 2020, resulting in data exfiltration and publication. 18 NH residents affected (PII, SSN, DL). Response included forensic review, law enforcement notification, and 24-month credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 221 days

Nov 10, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

Jul 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_21d231e1103dab052021-07-07 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_f9a019bc6f8604cb2021-07-07 · +5dVerified

Name: East Coast Seafood Group LLC
norm: east coast seafood
Domain: myseafood.com

Name: East Coast Seafood Group LLC
norm: east coast seafood
Domain: myseafood.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2020 – Dec 4, 2020
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2021
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators (New Hampshire Attorney General)

During the incident: Secured the systems
Restored access to the information
Investigated what happened
Notified federal law enforcement
Worked with third-party specialists to perform a comprehensive programmatic and manual review
Conducted a manual review of its records
Provided preliminary notice and complimentary credit monitoring services to potentially affected employees
Provided written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 24 months through Kroll
Established a dedicated telephone assistance line
Changes made: Reviewing its security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(221 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJul 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 7 (ME), last Jul 12 (NH) — a 5-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/east-coast-seafood-20210712.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2021
Raw hash: 63c686a11419d49710b8be62ba5e1571cde789137bf84451f565055624f6722e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast Coast Seafood Group LLC

Victim entityEast Coast Seafood Group LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseSecured the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov