MalwareOtherRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

BACKROADS

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 2, 2020

Filed

Nov 19, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

41state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BACKROADS →

Backroads notified employees of a ransomware incident discovered on October 2, 2020. Files were encrypted and accessible to unknown actors. Compromised data included names, SSNs, government IDs, financial accounts, and health insurance info. Backroads engaged forensic specialists, rebuilt its network, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Oct 2, 2020

Discovered

Nov 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6eadb352e50544e02020-11-19Verified
California State AGbd_7381ee0e20a518532020-11-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_b3d7644895863e402020-11-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_94c7105fbcd61d632020-11-24 · +5dCandidate

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 116d gap

California State AGbd_e286b5f31a42b0a52021-02-26 · +99dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ac67e485d6963e4b2021-03-15 · +116dVerified

Name: BACKROADS
norm: backroads

Name: BACKROADS
norm: backroads
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 2, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 41state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working externally with appropriate authorities in each jurisdiction where we operate globally

During the incident: Began an investigation, working with external forensic specialists
Rebuilding our network from the ground up
Adding further security measures
Offering you access to one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion’s myTrueIdentity
Changes made: Rebuilding our network from the ground up
Adding further security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 19 · first

California State AGNov 19 · first

Maine State AGNov 19 · first

Montana State AGNov 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

California State AG+99d

New Hampshire State AG+116d

Pattern: first filing Nov 19 (MA), last Mar 15 (NH) — a 116-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Backroads-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2020
Raw hash: 65f2a5f1d914659c084ceac1611b9572d692da83918f36ccf12d4c2f153fdbc3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBACKROADS

Victim entityBACKROADS

Incidentdiscovered Oct 2, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation, working with external forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov