MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WECC Holdings, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 27, 2022

Filed

Aug 8, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for WECC Holdings, Inc. →

WECC Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Watson Electrical notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack discovered on May 27, 2022. The incident potentially exposed names and SSNs of 2 NH residents. Notices were sent on August 4, 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

May 27, 2022

Discovered

Aug 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_e7b59ab10914f23e2022-08-05 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_6aaa47442bad55dc2022-08-12 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_66254634b0d2b4652022-08-04 · +4dVerified

Name: Cipriani & Werner
norm: cipriani werner
Domain: c-wlaw.com

Name: WECC Holdings, Inc.
norm: wecc holdings
Also named: WECC Holdings, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Watson Electricaldba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 27, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Immediately took steps to review its network security
Contacted law enforcement
Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, an online credit monitoring service for twelve (12) months provided by Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 4 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (IN), last Aug 12 (MA) — a 8-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/wecc-holdings-dba-watson-electrical-20220808.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2022
Raw hash: ff4be15a0e52cb047bbbc8b3b7c4712094d442167b6a1c6420c30d22deb45fef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCipriani & Werner

Victim entityWECC Holdings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2022

Stated responseImmediately took steps to review its network security

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov