MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesRansomwareStolen CredentialsData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

BTU International, Inc.

bd_cdb2ef2fd43ab531 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

Jul 13, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for BTU International, Inc. →2 incidents on file

BTU International, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach detected on April 12, 2021. Attackers acquired data and disabled systems, encrypting files (ransomware). Affected employee data included names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and financial/medical info. BTU engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Apr 12, 2021

Discovered

Jul 13, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_c28150bce0bbb51a2021-07-13Verified
Maine State AGbd_6266c3bd5d8303232021-07-15 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6aec59ca20d42ee92021-07-19 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7bafccfd9b265bfc2021-05-14 · +60dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 61d gap

Maine State AGbd_7502d8adf20dd2782021-05-13 · +61dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fdf7fd78c494e8f92021-05-13 · +61dVerified

Name: BTU International, Inc.
norm: btu international

Name: BTU International, Inc.
norm: btu international
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement officials
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged external counsel
Retained a team of third-party forensic, incident response, and security professionals to investigate
Hired outside professionals to look up current addresses for potentially affected individuals
Offered a two-year membership in a three-bureau credit monitoring service provided by Experian
Deployed an advanced next generation anti-virus and endpoint detection and response tool
Deployed Managed Detection & Response services
Notified law enforcement officials
Changes made: Safely brought BTU’s systems online with enhanced security controls
Deployed an advanced next generation anti-virus and endpoint detection and response tool
Deployed Managed Detection & Response services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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 · 5 states

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Maine State AGMay 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 13 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+61d

Montana State AG+61d · this page

Maine State AG+63d

New Hampshire State AG+67d

Pattern: first filing May 13 (ME), last Jul 19 (NH) — a 67-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/OCP/a-notif-88.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 13, 2021
Raw hash: e5574928ef7924afae6f27769612e9f7f687063dad4ba289c766c4c8d23370e8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBTU International, Inc.

Victim entityBTU International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2021

Stated responseEngaged external counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov