MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Carefree of Colorado

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 6, 2021

Filed

Feb 17, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carefree of Colorado →

Carefree of Colorado notified affected individuals of a ransomware attempt on October 6, 2021. The company secured servers, engaged forensic investigators, and restored systems from backups. While no ransom was paid, the unauthorized party may have accessed personal information including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and health/employment data. Notices were sent on February 17, 2022, offering one year of Experian identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Oct 6, 2021

Begins

Oct 6, 2021

Discovered

Feb 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Carefree of Colorado
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Name: Carefree of Colorado
norm: carefree of colorado
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Secured its servers
Began investigating the incident with leading third-party forensic investigators
Restored the Company’s systems from saved backup tapes
Offered one year of identity protection services through Experian
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional malware detection systems
Reviewing information security safeguards to identify additional ways to enhance them
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Carefree-of-Colorado-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2022
Raw hash: cf2f843121b7b6287709210887c94ad65050be2d39a9f9575973441279b1f413

Reporting entityCarefree of Colorado

Victim entityCarefree of Colorado

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2021

Stated responseSecured its servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov