MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareAvaddonData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

McDougall & Sons, Inc.

bd_9ca2dbf0f7d7ec05 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

5,885state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for McDougall & Sons, Inc. →2 incidents on file

McDougall & Sons, Inc. notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack (Avaddon) discovered Jan 11, 2021. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 10-12, 2021. 5,885 WA residents affected; data included names, DOBs, and SSNs. FBI notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Jan 10, 2021

Begins

Jan 11, 2021

Discovered

Apr 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_fd2b1590792830b22021-04-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e69d4d084ed63fb32021-04-13 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_3c3b268fe521e73e2021-04-15 · +6dVerified

Name: McDougall & Sons, Inc.
norm: mcdougall sons

Name: McDougall & Sons, Inc.
norm: mcdougall sons
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2021 – Jan 12, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 5,885state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney Generalreported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained outside cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services
Implementing additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to further harden its digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGApr 9 · first

Washington State AGApr 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+4d

Montana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (CA), last Apr 15 (MT) — a 6-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10445.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2021
Raw hash: eff7da244958b594a9004b9e22b3f35fb07bc3b06014b2ed543065b909286142

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcDougall & Sons, Inc.

Victim entityMcDougall & Sons, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2021

Stated responseRetained outside cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com