MalwareTechnologyGovernmentInformationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2021

Filed

Sep 20, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center →

MassCEC notified NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered July 28, 2021. An unauthorized actor encrypted files and exfiltrated data including names and SSNs. 8 NH residents affected. Notices mailed Sept 13, 2021. Credit monitoring offered for 2 years.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Jul 28, 2021

Discovered

Sep 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

11 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_6b3a5f2a2fabca632021-09-14 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5a38009b045f4e5b2021-09-08 · +12dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center
norm: massachusetts clean energy technology center
Industry: TechnologyllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jul 28, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the activity to the Federal Bureau of Investigationreported the activity to the Boston Police Departmentreported the activity to the state police cyber unit

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Working with third-party computer forensic specialists
Reported the activity to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the Boston Police Department and the state police cyber unit
Restored its systems from backup
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the documents that may have been impacted
Began mailing written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards
Providing access to credit monitoring services for two (2) years
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 8 · first

Maine State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 8 (MA), last Sep 20 (NH) — a 12-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/massachusetts-clean-energy-technology-center-20210920.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2021
Raw hash: b0559f707daf16bbb24d91fc5466be96b724052a1928cc48bd62ad1034bf8556

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityMassachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov