MalwareConstructionTransportation & LogisticsEnergy & UtilitiesConstructionRansomwareData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

The Heritage Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 17, 2023

Filed

May 16, 2023

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Heritage Group →

The Heritage Group detected and stopped a ransomware attack on January 17, 2023. An investigation revealed that an unauthorized party exfiltrated data before systems were secured. Data mining completed on April 19, 2023, determined that personal information of prospective, current, or former employees and their dependents was potentially compromised. Affected individuals in 33 states were notified via mail on May 1, 2023, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance. The company engaged third-party forensic experts and implemented enhanced security protocols.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Jan 17, 2023

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0ba03555353b0eb42023-05-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_944e292090c775662023-05-15 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_6f778aa4300ebe4e2023-05-01 · +15dVerified

Name: The Heritage Group
norm: the heritage

Name: The Heritage Group
norm: the heritage
Industry: ConstructionllmTransportation & LogisticsllmEnergy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Jan 17, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 1, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Detected and stopped a ransomware incident mid-attack
Took steps to secure its network
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic incident response firm to assist with securing and restoring the network environment and determining the extent of the compromise
Conducted extensive data mining efforts to identify any potentially compromised personal data
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for twenty-four months
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security and practices
Engaged appropriate experts to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems to ensure that enhanced security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 1 · first

Montana State AG+14d

Maine State AG+15d

New Hampshire State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IN), last May 16 (NH) — a 15-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/heritage-group-20230516.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2023
Raw hash: 001835da7b9a665d54386c66f20d5a805040fa85d91e4a693491c2b9b4050ca7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Heritage Group

Victim entityThe Heritage Group

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2023

Stated responseDetected and stopped a ransomware incident mid-attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov