MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cayan, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 26, 2021

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cayan, LLC →3 incidents on file

Cayan, LLC reported a ransomware attack affecting corporate back-office systems between Oct 29 and Nov 18, 2020. Discovered Nov 16, 2020, the incident impacted 21 New Hampshire residents, including 5 employees. Data exfiltrated included personal information. Cayan notified law enforcement, engaged forensic experts, and provided 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 18 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Oct 29, 2020

Begins

Nov 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_60570ed7ac02e6e72021-04-22 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d54bd9bb139fabb62021-04-22 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fcc9ef38145573be2021-04-22 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8cec46a434362ca62021-02-19 · +66dCandidate

Name: Cayan, LLC
norm: cayan

Name: Cayan, LLC
norm: cayan
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2020 – Nov 18, 2020
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 21state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took preventative action to isolate and contain all systems
Launched an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Retained third-party forensic experts
Replaced and further secured the impacted portion of the affected environment
Changes made: Implemented additional alerting
Implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Re-tuned and expanded Data Loss Prevention (DLP) measures
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for two years at no charge via Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGFeb 19 · first

Montana State AG+62d

Indiana State AG+62d

Massachusetts State AG+62d

New Hampshire State AG+66d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (ME), last Apr 26 (NH) — a 66-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/cayan-20210426.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 26, 2021
Raw hash: fad1f1e3f07332ae5001a4b5b1b05de0e62a014366b71d0175607e182c6cbf10

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCayan, LLC

Victim entityCayan, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 16, 2020

Stated responseTook preventative action to isolate and contain all systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov