MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareStolen CredentialsData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Tree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC →

Tree Top, Inc. and its subsidiary Northwest Naturals experienced a ransomware attack on November 10, 2020, discovered on November 11, 2020. Attackers gained access via a compromised user account and encrypted servers containing personal information of employees, applicants, cooperative members, and customers. Data exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, bank account info, health insurance numbers, and credit card details. The company engaged forensic experts, contained the breach, upgraded security controls, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 10, 2020

Begins

Nov 11, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Oregon State AGbd_2627babfee0480252020-12-23Candidate

Name: Tree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC
norm: tree top inc and northwest naturals

Name: Tree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC
norm: tree top inc and northwest naturals
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched a thorough forensic investigation with the assistance of leading outside cybersecurity experts
Took steps to secure and restore our systems
Terminated the attackers' access to our network
Upgraded our security controls company-wide
Installed leading information security technologies that provide around-the-clock monitoring of our systems and network
Changes made: Upgraded our security controls company-wide
Installed leading information security technologies that provide around-the-clock monitoring of our systems and network to detect threats and automatically block suspicious activity in real time
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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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Oregon State AGDec 23 · first

California State AGDec 23 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197530
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2020
Raw hash: 57982fa63218b6a8c2e106d81e6103b319eddcb7a11207a48affbf35465433a6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC

Victim entityTree Top, Inc. and Northwest Naturals LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2020

Stated responseLaunched a thorough forensic investigation with the assistance of leading outside cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov