MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

bd_bbdb037c54a80cf6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 6, 2024

Filed

Jul 3, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

186state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission →

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) notified New Hampshire AG of a ransomware incident affecting 186 NH residents. The attack occurred March 14–April 6, 2024. ASMFC engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Mar 14, 2024

Begins

Apr 6, 2024

Discovered

Jul 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by 8base about this victim predates this filing by 79 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Site8basebd_cdcd3bad1829f42f2024-04-15 · +79dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5a7397fc9e658c222024-07-01 · +2dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b4fb1ab69fdd8c232024-07-01 · +2dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_1488322330afd4be2024-06-28 · +5dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_726cfd676d23a28b2024-06-28 · +5dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 22d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7a8bc6310304f49e2024-06-11 · +22dVerified by operator

Name: Jackson Lewis
norm: jackson lewis
Domain: jacksonlewis.com

Name: ASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
norm: asmfc atlantic states marine fisheries commission
Domain: asmfc.org
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2024 – Apr 6, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 186state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its systems
Restored operations
Conducted a forensic investigation
Promptly notified law enforcement
Commenced notification process via U.S. mail
Offered complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Augmented its safeguards
Reviewing its privacy and data security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGJun 11 · first

Montana State AG+17d

Vermont State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Maine State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+22d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 11 (MA), last Jul 3 (NH) — a 22-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/atlantic-states-marine-fisheries-commission-20240703.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 3, 2024
Raw hash: 4984a72fe21e37d221f0c267f4f3e47d3ae33161ad9d9bf4546e4b8682050da6

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJackson Lewis

Victim entityASMFC: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Incidentdiscovered Apr 6, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its systems

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov