MalwareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentialsMediumContained

ARTECH

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 8, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ARTECH →

Artech, LLC experienced a ransomware incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between January 5-8, 2020. The breach involved personal information including names, SSNs, medical/health insurance data, financial/payment card info, and credentials. Artech engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, reset credentials, and offered credit monitoring. No misuse of data was confirmed.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 8, 2020 → Notified Jun 25, 2020169d ✗ CA 60-day late34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 240 days

Jan 5, 2020

Begins

Jan 8, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1e11fb622714dc472020-09-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_24d9edd9231d89db2020-09-04Verified
Oregon State AGbd_57710d633fe86de02020-09-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_eac9f3261c6d2e062020-09-04Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 247d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0c183cf571c15ad32020-09-08 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7fbc28b160ee71262020-01-13 · +235dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_683e8ea7ca24d30f2020-01-01 · +247dCandidate

Name: ARTECH
norm: artech-fr
Domain: artech.com

Name: ARTECH
norm: artech-fr
Domain: artech.com

Discovered: Jan 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 5, 2020 – Jan 8, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 25, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement of the event

During the incident: Engaged a leading third-party forensic investigation firm to assess the security of our systems and to confirm the nature and scope of the incident
Notified law enforcement of the event
Reset passwords for all Artech users
Further strengthened our existing technical controls
Implemented additional security measures
Reviewed our policies and procedures relating to data security
Conducting additional employee training
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll at no cost
Changes made: Working with external digital forensic specialists to enhance existing security processes and protocols
Conducting additional employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(240 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 169d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 8, 2020
→ Notified: Jun 25, 2020
169d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 8, 2020 → Notified: Jun 25, 2020	169d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+12d

Washington State AG+247d

Massachusetts State AG+247d

Oregon State AG+247d

Montana State AG+247d

California State AG+247d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+251d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 8 (NH) — a 251-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193797
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: 8872741703b5994071260c3f1947892811196ddbe20f44c7a503cf2473a1d8fe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityARTECH

Victim entityARTECH

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a leading third-party forensic investigation firm to assess the security of our systems and to confirm the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov