MalwareTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Waterborne Environmental

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2025

Filed

Nov 26, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Waterborne Environmental →

Waterborne Environmental, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack detected on September 21, 2025. The incident potentially exposed personal information including names, dates of birth, addresses, driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, and benefits information for employees and possibly customers. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, cooperated with the FBI and CISA, and is offering credit monitoring services. No specific count of affected individuals was disclosed in the notice.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Sep 21, 2025

Discovered

Nov 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 54 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_d22a6afc41f445552025-09-21 · +66dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_37fe9d92eac0fa012025-11-26Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_636220fab0b7a7cd2025-11-26Verified

Name: Waterborne Environmental
norm: waterborne environmental
Domain: waterborne-env.com

Name: Waterborne Environmental
norm: waterborne environmental
Domain: waterborne-env.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 21, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with federal law enforcement, including the FBI’s Cyber Crimes Division and the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

During the incident: Took steps to stop the ransomware
Engaged outside cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident
Contacted and is cooperating with federal law enforcement, including the FBI’s Cyber Crimes Division and the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through HaystackID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 26 · first

Indiana State AGNov 26 · first

Vermont State AGNov 26 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-11-26-waterborne-environmental-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 26, 2025
Raw hash: db67b8a7ab5c278f9ff44fa9c081437abe1a437b18d43121f3a0ffa8119dffeb

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWaterborne Environmental

Victim entityWaterborne Environmental

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to stop the ransomware

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov