MalwareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CIC Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2023

Filed

Apr 21, 2023

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CIC Group, Inc. →

CIC Group, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on March 28, 2023, which encrypted or destroyed data on affected systems. On April 13, 2023, the threat actor indicated that personal information, including names, addresses, SSNs, and passport info, was exfiltrated. The company disabled systems, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 28, 2023 → Notified Apr 21, 202324d ✓ CA 60-day OK24 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Mar 28, 2023

Begins

Mar 28, 2023

Discovered

Apr 21, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_54ecc8841f8fd5492023-04-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e747b9e4df767a862023-04-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_486d0775b77bd5ae2023-04-23 · +2dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_e8e6fa2b5451348d2023-04-23 · +2dVerified

Name: CIC Group, Inc.
norm: cic group

Name: CIC Group, Inc.
norm: cic group

Discovered: Mar 28, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 28, 2023 – Apr 13, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Disabled the affected systems
Engaged a forensic investigations service provider to investigate the incident
Informed the appropriate law enforcement agencies
Hired a third-party service provider to monitor for any disclosures or unlawful behavior
Changes made: Working to restore existing, or implement new, systems with additional security measures
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 24d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 28, 2023
→ Notified: Apr 21, 2023
24d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 28, 2023 → Notified: Apr 21, 2023	24d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGApr 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

California State AGApr 21 · first · this page

Montana State AG+2d

Oregon State AG+2d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-565860
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2023
Raw hash: 0fd2003e5ff379ad1c007227cca9da2a03b698e43fb44cca8a130fbfad16043b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCIC Group, Inc.

Victim entityCIC Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2023

Stated responseDisabled the affected systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov