MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pizzuti

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 21, 2021

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pizzuti →

Pizzuti Companies notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident occurring June 17-20, 2021. An unauthorized third party accessed systems, encrypted data, and exfiltrated one NH resident's name and SSN. Pizzuti paid a ransom, engaged forensic investigators, and notified the individual. Remediation included additional technical controls.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Jun 17, 2021

Begins

Jun 21, 2021

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3e2b1c05fe590e472021-08-24Verified

Name: Pizzuti
norm: pizzuti
Domain: pizzuti.com

Name: Pizzuti
norm: pizzuti
Domain: pizzuti.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2021 – Jun 20, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-C:20
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Engaged a leading forensic security firm to address the ransomware attack and confirm the security of Pizzuti’s systems and network
Made a ransom payment to the unauthorized third party in consideration for the third party’s written assurance that it deleted any potentially acquired Pizzuti data
Launched an internal investigation
Reviewed the contents of the systems and identified the individuals whose information were contained in the systems
Notified the potentially impacted New Hampshire residents via first-class USPS mail
Changes made: Implemented additional technical controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 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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Indiana State AGAug 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 24 · first · this page

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/pizzuti-companies-20210824.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2021
Raw hash: a8f0bec5e0ed42eeb74348963889bcaa8885aee4c0968e8bc1491591b680c7e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPizzuti

Victim entityPizzuti

Incidentdiscovered Jun 21, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a leading forensic security firm to address the ransomware attack and confirm the security of Pizzuti’s systems and network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov