HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ricardo

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ricardo →2 incidents on file

Ricardo Defense, Inc. notified Vermont AG of a data breach involving unauthorized network access between Oct 16-23, 2023. Sensitive data including SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, and financial account info were acquired. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Oct 16, 2023

Begins

Oct 23, 2023

Discovered

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 81 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1aca862eee89f09c2024-01-22Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_30511eb2b4b763502024-01-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_e20a8377de30bcc12024-01-22Verified

Name: Ricardo
norm: ricardo
Domain: ricardo.com

Name: Ricardo
norm: ricardo
Domain: ricardo.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2023 – Oct 23, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 22, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a thorough and time consuming review of the data determined to be at risk
Reported the event to law enforcement
Took steps to implement additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12 months through Experian at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJan 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 22 · first

Indiana State AGJan 22 · first

Vermont State AGJan 22 · first · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-01-22-ricardo-defense-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2024
Raw hash: b4b9f81076b68d10aa1852e6ad95462a69f2f998d30838ca0a56268392a31a77

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRicardo

Victim entityRicardo

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2023

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov