MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2020

Filed

Oct 20, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC →4 incidents on file

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred June 3-13, 2020, resulting in data exfiltration and publication. 14 NH residents affected. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and W-2s. Readerlink engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 129 days

Jun 3, 2020

Begins

Jun 13, 2020

Discovered

Oct 20, 2020

Filed

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on median

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

Maine State AGbd_7f8fdccd472095202020-10-09 · +11dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
norm: readerlink distribution
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2020 – Jun 13, 2020
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProvided notice to other regulators as necessary

During the incident: Secured the systems
Restored access to the information
Investigated what happened
Engaged third-party computer forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided notice and credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its systems
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(129 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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Maine State AGOct 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (ME), last Oct 20 (NH) — a 11-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/readerlink-distribution-services-20201020.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2020
Raw hash: 572ce6d34a4d7d13c5946727dfdbf6d5e5f707b45a94d8e5e91e9d27827d0608

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityReaderlink Distribution Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2020

Stated responseSecured the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov