MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

Apr 15, 2022

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc. notified New Hampshire AG of a ransomware attack on Oct 21, 2021. Investigation determined 4 NH residents' names and other info were accessed. Notices sent April 8, 2022, offering 12 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 176 days

Oct 21, 2021

Begins

Oct 21, 2021

Discovered

Apr 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc.
norm: best plumbing specialties
Domain: bestspec.com

Name: Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc.
norm: best plumbing specialties
Domain: bestspec.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 21, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2022
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the network
Engaged a third-party forensic firm to investigate the incident
Conducted a time consuming programmatic and manual review of certain locations on our network systems
Notified impacted New Hampshire residents via first class mail
Offered complimentary credit monitoring for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Taking steps to ensure that all state and federal notification obligations are complied with
Reviewing our current policies and procedures related to data security
Took steps to enhance the security of all information to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/best-plumbing-specialties-20220415.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2022
Raw hash: 2b5b6908296c83bc68e33bdb3ad36d095957e1e51560c65bb236da69359056d0

Reporting entityBest Plumbing Specialties, Inc.

Victim entityBest Plumbing Specialties, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 21, 2021

Stated responseSecured the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov