MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2021

Filed

Jul 26, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

51state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District →

Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District notified NH AG of a malware incident discovered May 3, 2021, affecting 51 NH residents. Data included SSNs, driver's licenses, and names. Remediation included credit monitoring and policy reviews.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

May 3, 2021

Discovered

Jul 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_52c26423f7801ec22021-07-20 · +6dCandidate

Name: Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District
norm: androscoggin valley regional refuse disposal district

Name: Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District
norm: androscoggin valley regional refuse disposal district
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 3, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 51state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1071 Application Layer Protocol
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists
Began a lengthy and labor-intensive process to restore our operations
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of AVRRDD systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 1 year, through IDX
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our policies, procedures, and processes related to storage of and access to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJul 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 20 (ME), last Jul 26 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/androscoggin-valley-rrdd-20210726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2021
Raw hash: d6e1e1020d82180fdce5920040ac12595d790574c28d6b1631aaa97f5bc98d95

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAndroscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District

Victim entityAndroscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov