MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwarePYSARansom DemandedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHighContained

Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company

bd_97e251fbeeb06f63 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 1, 2021

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,25016 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company →

Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company experienced a ransomware incident on May 23, 2021, discovered June 1, 2021. The threat actor PYSA attempted to exfiltrate PII and encrypt systems. No ransom was paid. ~3,250 employees/directors affected (16 in NH). Data included names, SSNs, IDs, bank accounts, and medical leave info. Forensic investigation conducted; systems restored from backups. Notifications and 24-month credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

May 23, 2021

Begins

Jun 1, 2021

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_ae4a4ef2663fb3a22021-08-23 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_726f6221750f46432021-08-18 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eaf31a6c03fc65782021-10-18 · +55dVerified
Montana State AGbd_44cd6334c0c926b12021-10-19 · +56dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_6e6faea7acd47bd22021-10-21 · +58dVerified

Name: Squire Patton Boggs
norm: squire patton boggs
Domain: squirepattonboggs.com

Name: Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company
norm: greater new york mutual insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2021
Breach occurred: May 23, 2021
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,250state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware· PYSA
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: PYSAExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice / Attorney GeneralReported to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained an IT firm to conduct a thorough forensic investigation
Reported the incident and the threat actor to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Restored systems through available backups
Sent individual notification letters to current and former employees
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for twenty-four (24) months
Changes made: Eliminating the vulnerability that was used by the unauthorized actor
Implementing additional security measures
Strengthened system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 18 · first

Maine State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Maine State AG+61d

Montana State AG+62d

New Hampshire State AG+64d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (IN), last Oct 21 (NH) — a 64-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/greater-new-york-mutual-insurance-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: beebc1046610bdb51c8dc7df86fe3e5fb7304dab5ff60a7d582fe75444391734

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySquire Patton Boggs

Victim entityGreater New York Mutual Insurance Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2021

Stated responseRetained an IT firm to conduct a thorough forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov