MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

Pitco Frialator, Inc

bd_952317bd7a4f2cbf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 14, 2021

Filed

May 24, 2021

To disclose

10 days

Affected

999state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Pitco Frialator, Inc →

Pitco Frialator, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a ransomware attack affecting 999 NH residents. Discovered May 14, 2021. Pitco contained servers, engaged a cybersecurity provider, patched infrastructure, and deployed MFA. Affected individuals received credit monitoring and identity theft protection info.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

May 14, 2021

Discovered

May 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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_0f68c60f0c72f9fb2021-05-25 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_a58b7a4e3d6328f82021-06-01 · +8dVerified

Name: Pitco Frialator, Inc
norm: pitco frialator

Name: Pitco Frialator, Inc
norm: pitco frialator
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 14, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 14, 2021
Affected individuals: 999state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Took immediate action to contain the affected servers
Notified its parent company, Middleby Corporate
Worked with a cybersecurity service provider to remediate actions taken by the actor and restore its systems
Updated and patched infrastructure to the latest versions
Deployed advanced antivirus and malware protection
Rapidly deploying and in the process of completing two-factor authentication in the environment
Providing impacted individuals with information related to protection against identity theft and fraud
Offering one year of credit monitoring services to each potentially affected individual in New Hampshire at no expense
Changes made: Updated and patched infrastructure to the latest versions
Deployed advanced antivirus and malware protection
Rapidly deploying and in the process of completing two-factor authentication in the environment
Implementing additional measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an event
Company-wide campaign to increase awareness of employee security obligations
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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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New Hampshire State AGMay 24 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing May 24 (NH), last Jun 1 (MA) — a 8-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/pitco-frialator-20210524.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2021
Raw hash: acac6a2009c83c9aa8c8a8dbb484db765b420042f422be870fc75211acf88bdb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPitco Frialator, Inc

Victim entityPitco Frialator, Inc

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate action to contain the affected servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov