MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Oostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.)

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 26, 2019

Filed

Jan 24, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

2,376state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Oostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.) →

Oostra Rouw & Associates, Inc., a tax preparation firm, notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on Dec 26, 2019. Up to 2,376 WA residents affected. Data potentially involved: names, SSNs, addresses. No evidence of data theft, but precautionary notification sent Jan 24, 2020. Forensic investigation engaged; law enforcement notified.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 26, 2019

Begins

Dec 26, 2019

Discovered

Jan 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_5af082b7a4cb8bb62020-01-24Verified
Montana State AGbd_fb463aebcaf31b152020-01-31 · +7dVerified

Name: Oostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.)
norm: oostra rouw associates inc ora

Name: Oostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.)
norm: oostra rouw associates inc ora
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 26, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,376state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified local law enforcementNotified the FBINotified the IRS

During the incident: Retained a digital forensic firm and legal counsel
Reported the matter to local law enforcement, the FBI and the IRS
Engaged a third-party security expert to conduct an independent assessment
Identified and eliminated the threat
Changes made: Reexamining its current data privacy and security policies and procedures
Taking steps to confirm and further strengthen the security of its systems moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJan 24 · first

Washington State AGJan 24 · first · this page

Montana State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 24 (IN), last Jan 31 (MT) — a 7-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10531.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2020
Raw hash: f116753493e8cb35775f74de08d177052865fee8a67373bb9184cca8195c6f39

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.)

Victim entityOostra Rouw & Associates, Inc. (ORA, Inc.)

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2019

Stated responseRetained a digital forensic firm and legal counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com