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Michael & Son

bd_8bd4728d40a59ada · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Mar 8, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Michael & Son

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2023-03-08

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Since 2010, the Michael & Son CARES project has been giving back to the same communities that have embraced our family-owned company from the beginning. Moreover, Michael & Son has donated over $500,000 worth of complimentary work in the last 12 years. Ultimately, the goal of the Michael & Son Cares Project is to restore comfort back to families when they need it most.Michael & Son’s commitment to the fantastic community that has embraced us from the beginning is not only a choice but a duty. With success comes responsibility and Michael & Son Cares wholeheartedly embraces the task at hand.I’ve experienced my fair share of financial struggles throughout my life, but through hard work and determination I now run one of the largest Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC companies in the nation.Every day my technicians come across some incredible people with heartbreaking stories. When they find they have nowhere else to turn, that’s when we come in to lend a helping hand to provide comfort for a community member in need.SITE: https://michaelandson.com Address 5740 General WashingtonDr Alexandria, VA 22312

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Mar 8, 2023

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

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 · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGFeb 14 · first
New Hampshire State AGFeb 14 · first
Leak Site+22d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 14 (MT), last Mar 8 — a 22-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.