MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ALE Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

Jan 11, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

736state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for ALE Solutions, Inc. →2 incidents on file

ALE Solutions, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a ransomware incident occurring between April and June 2020. The company discovered unusual activity in June 2020. Data encryption and potential unauthorized access/exfiltration occurred. Affected data included names and Social Security numbers for 736 Washington residents. Remediation included MFA, threat detection, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 224 days

Apr 1, 2020

Begins

Jun 1, 2020

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_94fb9b704ac16ee22021-01-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_e462e10ef60d89992021-01-08 · +3dCandidate
California State AGbd_38671801fc793c862021-01-18 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8960a8bc919162fd2021-01-18 · +7dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 10d gap

Oregon State AGbd_a2e38011a1d73a052021-01-19 · +8dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_f95391123390dc922021-01-19 · +8dVerified
Maine State AGbd_fcecc142923d79472021-01-19 · +8dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_9dfdd5a549bdc6502021-01-01 · +10dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: ALE Solutions, Inc.
norm: ale solutions
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020
Undetected for: 61 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 736state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its digital environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading independent digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Began a thorough review of the potentially affected data
Completed gathering up-to-date address information for the potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Deploying an advanced threat detection tool with twenty-four hour active monitoring by a cybersecurity operations team
Implementing hardened procedures for network administration
Implementing multifactor user authentication
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion to all individuals potentially impacted by this incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(224 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d · this page

California State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+17d

Oregon State AG+18d

New Hampshire State AG+18d

Maine State AG+18d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 19 (ME) — a 18-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10386.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2021
Raw hash: 4504819a4f0340ca7285e68c54507cf59505ab4b5d35aac6828ed384491d730b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityALE Solutions, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its digital environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com