MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ALE Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

106state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ALE Solutions, Inc. →2 incidents on file

ALE Solutions, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident occurring between April and June 2020. The attack encrypted data and potentially exposed names and SSNs of 106 NH residents. ALE engaged forensic experts, secured its network, implemented MFA, and offered credit monitoring. Notifications were sent in January 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Apr 1, 2020

Begins

Jun 1, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_a2e38011a1d73a052021-01-19Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_fcecc142923d79472021-01-19Verified
California State AGbd_38671801fc793c862021-01-18 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8960a8bc919162fd2021-01-18 · +1dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 18d gap

Indiana State AGbd_94fb9b704ac16ee22021-01-11 · +8dVerified
Washington State AGbd_be04a58695a2ade52021-01-11 · +8dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_e462e10ef60d89992021-01-08 · +11dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_9dfdd5a549bdc6502021-01-01 · +18dVerified

Name: ALE Solutions, Inc.
norm: ale solutions

Name: ALE Solutions, Inc.
norm: ale solutions
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2020 – Jun 1, 2020
Undetected for: 61 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 106state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its digital environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading independent digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Began a thorough review of the potentially affected data
Completed gathering up-to-date address information for the potentially affected individuals
Issued notification letters to the 106 residents of New Hampshire regarding this data security incident via first-class U.S. mail
Changes made: Deploying an advanced threat detection tool with twenty-four hour active monitoring by a cybersecurity operations team
Implementing hardened procedures for network administration
Implementing multifactor user authentication
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d

California State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+17d

Oregon State AG+18d

Maine State AG+18d

New Hampshire State AG+18d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 19 (NH) — a 18-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/ale-solutions-20210119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: 145f57a3827a2e53831afe4eea714bce7fdea8cd75752e1f38a50c10556dfc8f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityALE Solutions, Inc.

Victim entityALE Solutions, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its digital environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov