MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

RAND WORLDWIDE, INC.

bd_c817f173f60bfc3e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

Aug 12, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RAND WORLDWIDE, INC. →

Rand Worldwide Inc. notified Montana and other state residents of a ransomware attack discovered on June 24, 2020. The incident resulted in the encryption of data and unauthorized access to names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators and is offering two years of credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jun 24, 2020

Discovered

Aug 12, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_40a8927a1460c1372020-08-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ffe64b3adf62f3022020-08-11 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_1cb6e1bca1871be52020-08-17 · +5dVerified

Name: RAND WORLDWIDE, INC.
norm: rand worldwide

Name: RAND WORLDWIDE, INC.
norm: rand worldwide
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a third party to conduct a forensic investigation
Providing two years of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to further secure system information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 11 (IN), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 6-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rand-Worldwide-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2020
Raw hash: 6b05225c9d098dfbf19c5eacac76bc61998af609cc122796a21a5d433043a6da

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRAND WORLDWIDE, INC.

Victim entityRAND WORLDWIDE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a third party to conduct a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov