MalwareTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Ultratec Special Effects

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 4, 2020

Filed

May 5, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ultratec Special Effects →

Ultratec, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring on or about October 9, 2020, involving malware that damaged systems and allowed unauthorized access to personal information including SSNs, financial data, and health info. Ultratec engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 182 days

Oct 9, 2020

Begins

Nov 4, 2020

Discovered

May 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_06f4f107512415792021-05-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Ultratec Special Effects
norm: ultratec special effects
Domain: ultratecfx.com

Name: Ultratec Special Effects
norm: ultratec special effects
Domain: ultratecfx.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Nov 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2020 – Nov 4, 2020
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified and consulted with law enforcement
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Disconnecting the network from external connections
Remediating the vulnerability
Engaging third party experts to rebuild its affected systems and upgrade software
Enhanced the security of our systems
Installed industry leading advanced endpoint threat detection and mitigation tools
Notified and consulted with law enforcement
Notified our credit card payment processor of the incident
Retained Equifax... to provide you with 12 months of credit monitoring services
Changes made: Rebuilt its affected systems
Upgraded software
Enhanced the security of our systems
Installed industry leading advanced endpoint threat detection and mitigation tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(182 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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Montana State AGMay 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/Ultra-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 5, 2021
Raw hash: 02b9f490a71a7de36535b9ec32d2df9597fa48e07a658babfed46d3e255e3c45

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUltratec Special Effects

Victim entityUltratec Special Effects

Incidentdiscovered Nov 4, 2020

Stated responseDisconnecting the network from external connections

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov