Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply

bd_e5768adb28ef21d9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 29, 2019

Filed

Apr 13, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

45state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply →

Ranch and Home Supply, LLC dba Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply notified Montana residents of a data security incident. On October 29, 2019, the company detected unusual activity in an employee email account, likely due to phishing. An unauthorized individual accessed certain email accounts containing personal information. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered one year of complimentary identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Oct 29, 2019

Discovered

Apr 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed45 affectedView incident

Name: Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply
norm: murdoch s ranch home supply

Name: Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply
norm: murdoch s ranch home supply
Also named: Ranch and Home Supply, LLCdba oflegal entity
Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supplydba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 45state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading, independent forensics firm to determine what happened
Secured the account
Launched an investigation
Conducted a review of the accounts likely to contain sensitive information
Implemented enhanced security measures to our email system
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services for one year through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to our email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/doc-18.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2020
Raw hash: 8ddcaca18d015689fc826c0d28daf2e3156c2b5951271f9625b9f0b93dcebee9

Reporting entityMurdoch's Ranch & Home Supply

Victim entityMurdoch's Ranch & Home Supply

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a leading, independent forensics firm to determine what happened

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov