MalwareIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

BTU International, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 11, 2025

Filed

Dec 26, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

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

BTU International reported a ransomware attack on its IT systems occurring on or around August 11, 2025. The incident affected four Nebraska residents, exposing names and Social Security numbers. BTU notified the FBI, engaged cybersecurity specialists, and began notifying affected individuals on December 26, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Aug 11, 2025

Begins

Aug 11, 2025

Discovered

Dec 26, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_141b7d5af22bce832025-12-26Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_23f41b168cb4d6a92025-12-26Verified
Vermont State AGbd_48859c292fd5840a2025-12-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0feb732ba449ac292025-12-27 · +1dVerified

Name: Michael G. McLaughlin
norm: michael g mclaughlin

Name: BTU International, Inc.
norm: btu international

Discovered: Aug 11, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 11, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Nebraska Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Took protective actions to stop the unauthorized access
Notified U.S. federal law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)
Assessed the security of our network and systems
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity specialists
Installed monitoring devices on our IT systems to detect suspicious activity
Providing the potentially affected individuals one (1) year of complimentary credit protection and monitoring services through Cyberscout
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Deploy the level of robust security protocols, continuous monitoring, and staff training needed to prevent and defend against sophisticated cybersecurity threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGDec 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 26 · first

Vermont State AGDec 26 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/98977980-f8fa-4ce7-beb2-902010077786.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 26, 2025
Raw hash: 1459bda563a1666e934e624735e16d1b57a775e48200836125e7f23447e65824

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMichael G. McLaughlin

Victim entityBTU International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 11, 2025

Stated responseTook protective actions to stop the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov