MalwareManufacturingTransportation & LogisticsManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pallet Logistics of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 6, 2024

Filed

Nov 12, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

700state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Pallet Logistics of America →

Pallet Logistics of America d/b/a PLA (PLA) disclosed a ransomware incident affecting 700 Washington residents. PLA discovered unusual activity on September 6, 2024, leading to the confirmation that an unauthorized actor exfiltrated personal information including names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers from legacy systems. PLA engaged forensic experts, secured its network, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Jul 25, 2024

Begins

Sep 6, 2024

Discovered

Nov 12, 2024

Filed

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

Montana State AGbd_08152df7b368b86d2024-11-12Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_6f17315e56dcb8e92024-11-12Verified
California State AGbd_733cd8f0aba1f9a72024-11-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7a36f8b8c7e4aa232024-11-12Verified

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Maine State AGbd_d23a210ac8c1303e2024-11-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ea83be09c091c79c2024-11-12Verified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: Pallet Logistics of America
norm: pallet logistics of america
Also named: Pallet Logistics of Americadba oflegal entity
PLAdba oftrade name
Industry: ManufacturingllmTransportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Sep 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2024 – Sep 18, 2024
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 12, 2024
Affected individuals: 700state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Launched an investigation, aided by independent cybersecurity experts
Implemented additional security measures
Offered notified individuals 12 months of complimentary services, which includes credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures in an effort to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGNov 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 12 · first

California State AGNov 12 · first

Indiana State AGNov 12 · first

Maine State AGNov 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 12 · first

Washington State AGNov 12 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA31346.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2024
Raw hash: 6acd588f97147e4e799eaf41c321e8068a442be424708af8d33f8ded7159f173

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityPallet Logistics of America

Incidentdiscovered Sep 6, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com