MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Carefree of Colorado

bd_98c99e670be0b020 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 27, 2022

Filed

Feb 22, 2023

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Carefree of Colorado notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on April 27, 2022, that caused network outages. The company restored systems from backups, declined to pay ransom, and engaged forensic investigators. The investigation could not rule out unauthorized acquisition of personal information, including names. Affected individuals were offered two years of Experian identity protection services. Notices were sent on February 22, 2023.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 301 days

Apr 27, 2022

Begins

Apr 27, 2022

Discovered

Feb 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_7a139ed2f157f3292023-02-22Verified

Name: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Carefree of Colorado
norm: carefree/scott fetzer company

Name: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Carefree of Colorado
norm: carefree/scott fetzer company
Also named: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Companydba oflegal entity
Carefree of Coloradodba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 27, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 27, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Worked to secure its servers
Conducted a comprehensive investigation into the security incident with the help of external forensic investigators
Reconstructed the potentially compromised files from back-ups
Hired a specialized security incident review firm to manually review them for personal information
Offering you two years of identity protection services, at no cost to you, through Experian
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Changes made: New organizational policies and technical controls
Continue to review our existing information security safeguards to identify additional ways to enhance them
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(301 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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Indiana State AGFeb 22 · first

Montana State AGFeb 22 · first · this page

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-90.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2023
Raw hash: eb1ba6786bc7ed9a78f23097c11f750b689f96dacb75a1562af5793d1dddfddb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarefree/Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Carefree of Colorado

Victim entityCarefree/Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Carefree of Colorado

Incidentdiscovered Apr 27, 2022

Stated responseWorked to secure its servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov