HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 14, 2021

Filed

Mar 11, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

32state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers notified Montana residents of a data breach where unauthorized access to IT systems occurred between October 28 and November 14, 2021. The attacker misappropriated files containing personal information, including names and government IDs, and made them available online. The company terminated access, notified law enforcement, and engaged external experts. Affected individuals are offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 117 days

Oct 28, 2021

Begins

Nov 14, 2021

Discovered

Mar 11, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 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_10b3feb251797d272022-03-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_530dfff8d972625f2022-03-11Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_8d95ab0c2c4a1f612022-03-11Verified
California State AGbd_c382eb9185854c8d2022-03-11Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_e7497102317972c42022-03-11Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ca9a43b20dc4172c2022-03-14 · +3dVerified

Name: RITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.
norm: ritchie bros auctioneers america

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

Discovered: Nov 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 28, 2021
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 18, 2022
Affected individuals: 32state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Shut down further access to the affected systems
Terminated the unauthorized access
Reported the event to law enforcement
Worked with external cybersecurity experts to investigate the event
Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Reinforcing our security practices
Fortifying our security monitoring and controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(117 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

Massachusetts State AGMar 11 · first

Montana State AGMar 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/Consumer-Notification-Letter-260.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2022
Raw hash: dcb64765bc8c57d6b2c0d62a3e8ac5b2a5d2874e77a49f345f288bc4da63a350

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRITCHIE BROS. AUCTIONEERS (AMERICA) INC.

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 provenancedojmt.gov