MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Santoro Whitmire, LTD

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 8, 2024

Filed

Jun 11, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Santoro Whitmire, LTD →

Santoro Whitmire, a professional services firm that permanently closed, notified consumers of a ransomware attack discovered on May 8, 2024. The attack encrypted systems and likely resulted in the access of personal information including names and government IDs. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services to affected individuals across multiple states.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

May 8, 2024

Discovered

Jun 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_19718cf69cd36a642024-06-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_3011f18d199b1d422024-06-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_53a0f94f519df75f2024-06-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a838817f2ee1274e2024-06-11Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_4098a976fde7f2812024-06-12 · +1dVerified

Name: Santoro Whitmire, LTD
norm: santoro whitmire

Name: Santoro Whitmire, LTD
norm: santoro whitmire
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 8, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Moved quickly to contain the incident
Conducted a thorough investigation with the assistance of computer forensic experts
Secured the services of IDX, a ZeroFox Company, the data breach and recovery services expert
Provided 1 year/2 year of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Enhanced security measures
Enhanced oversight of third-party vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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California State AGJun 11 · first

Montana State AGJun 11 · first

Maine State AGJun 11 · first

Indiana State AGJun 11 · first

Vermont State AGJun 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-06-11-santoro-whitmire-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2024
Raw hash: a201671fa46cd14c5ac5d4e2b943701fa267b036cbc3f9b863f9387454631073

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySantoro Whitmire, LTD

Victim entitySantoro Whitmire, LTD

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2024

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov