MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

The Lyon-Waugh Auto Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 4, 2021

Filed

Feb 10, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

819state residents only

Linked

4 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The Lyon-Waugh Auto Group →

The Lyon Waugh Auto Group experienced a ransomware attack on December 4, 2021, where an actor exploited a vulnerability to access systems. On January 7, 2022, it was determined that personal information of approximately 819 New Hampshire residents (employees, former employees, and customers) was accessed and potentially exfiltrated. Data included names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. No financial data was impacted. The company restored systems from backups, did not pay ransom, and offered identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Dec 4, 2021

Discovered

Feb 10, 2022

Filed

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This filing is one of 4 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_8980d72ae3cc63f82022-01-15 · +26dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3f81c2c06c1913502022-02-10Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_98b2453cebcc917c2022-02-09 · +1dCandidate

Name: The Lyon-Waugh Auto Group
norm: the lyon waugh auto

Name: The Lyon-Waugh Auto Group
norm: the lyon waugh auto
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 9, 2022
Affected individuals: 819state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Attorney General of the State of New HampshireProvided the FBI with indicators of compromise
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately took steps to isolate and secure its systems
Retained a nationally-known third-party forensics firm to investigate
Provided the FBI with indicators of compromise
Restored files and systems from backups
Engaged a third-party IT managed services firm to secure systems
Continues to closely monitor its network and information systems for unusual activity
Changes made: Resetting all user credentials
Extending its implementation of multi-factor authentication
Rebuilt certain systems and is retiring others
Implemented endpoint detection software
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 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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Maine State AGFeb 9 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/lyon-waugh-auto-group-20220210.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 10, 2022
Raw hash: 8755e05718c0783b62acb4fd83f882bfc6aa1268e903b723a0f42fde6bce425e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Lyon-Waugh Auto Group

Victim entityThe Lyon-Waugh Auto Group

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2021

Stated responseImmediately took steps to isolate and secure its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov