HackingRetail & ConsumerProfessional ServicesRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.

bd_ca9a43b20dc4172c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 14, 2021

Filed

Mar 14, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC. →

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity event affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Oct 28–Nov 15, 2021. Data accessed included names, DOB, SSN, bank account numbers, and salary. Notification mailed March 11, 2022, offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Oct 28, 2021

Begins

Nov 14, 2021

Discovered

Mar 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_10b3feb251797d272022-03-11 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_530dfff8d972625f2022-03-11 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_8d95ab0c2c4a1f612022-03-11 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_c382eb9185854c8d2022-03-11 · +3dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_e0162dd86b6caf672022-03-11 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e7497102317972c42022-03-11 · +3dVerified

Name: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
norm: orrick herrington sutcliffe
Domain: orrick.com

Name: RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.
norm: ritchie bros auctioneers america
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 28, 2021 – Nov 15, 2021
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2022
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Shut down further access to the affected systems
Launched an internal investigation
Worked with external cybersecurity experts to investigate the event
Reported the event to law enforcement
Changes made: Reviewed privacy policies and procedures and implemented changes when appropriate to enhance its information security and privacy program and controls
Reinforced security practices
Fortified security monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGMar 11 · first

Indiana State AGMar 11 · first

California State AGMar 11 · first

Montana State AGMar 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/ritchie-bros-auctioneers-20220314.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2022
Raw hash: b6e7f6962a3dd0cb08bd3ed3c2811e81b4c82b4a6d805b0ac2f92533ac9dda07

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Victim entityRITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 14, 2021

Stated responseShut down further access to the affected systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov