MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Paul Martin's American Grill

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2023

Filed

Aug 9, 2023

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Paul Martin's American Grill →

Paul Martin’s American Grill experienced a ransomware attack between April 21-26, 2023, discovered on April 25, 2023. The threat actor encrypted data and claimed to have exfiltrated personal information of 1,066 employees, including names, SSNs, addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers. The company engaged the FBI and forensic experts, terminated attacker access, and negotiated to prevent data publication. Remediation included MFA and EDR implementation.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 25, 2023 → Notified Jul 3, 202369d ✗ CA 60-day late15 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 106 days

Apr 21, 2023

Begins

Apr 25, 2023

Discovered

Aug 9, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Paul Martin's American Grill
norm: paul martin s american grill
Domain: paulmartinsamericangrill.com

Name: Paul Martin's American Grill
norm: paul martin s american grill
Domain: paulmartinsamericangrill.com
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2023 – Apr 26, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 3, 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: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Engaged law enforcement (the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Engaged an experienced cybersecurity forensic firm and other experts to investigate the incident
Terminated the threat actor’s access to the company’s systems
Negotiated with the threat actor to obtain full recovery and prevent publication of exfiltrated data
Changes made: Implementation of multifactor authentication for system users
Implementation of an endpoint detection and response system
Working with a cybersecurity and information technology consulting company to implement additional improvements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(106 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 69d
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: Apr 25, 2023
→ Notified: Jul 3, 2023
69d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 25, 2023 → Notified: Jul 3, 2023	69d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-571521
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2023
Raw hash: 7b30136dc5ab8983f4571c7cc79edb9215d4c2f26fa65c985b13fb390689abc1

Reporting entityPaul Martin's American Grill

Victim entityPaul Martin's American Grill

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2023

Stated responseEngaged law enforcement (the Federal Bureau of Investigation)

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov