MalwareProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

McDougall & Sons, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2021

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for McDougall & Sons, Inc. →2 incidents on file

McDougall & Sons, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack resulting in unauthorized access to its network from January 10-12, 2021. Systems were encrypted upon discovery on January 11, 2021. The incident potentially exposed Social Security numbers and dates of birth. The company engaged forensic experts, secured systems, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 11, 2021 → Notified Apr 13, 202192d ✗ CA 60-day late13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Jan 10, 2021

Begins

Jan 11, 2021

Discovered

Apr 9, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_9ca2dbf0f7d7ec052021-04-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e69d4d084ed63fb32021-04-13 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_3c3b268fe521e73e2021-04-15 · +6dVerified

Name: McDougall & Sons, Inc.
norm: mcdougall sons

Name: McDougall & Sons, Inc.
norm: mcdougall sons

Discovered: Jan 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2021 – Jan 12, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified regulatory agencies

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our systems prior to restoration
Retained outside cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Implemented additional security measures to further harden our digital environment
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified regulatory agencies
Offering 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden our digital environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 92d
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: Jan 11, 2021
→ Notified: Apr 13, 2021
92d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 11, 2021 → Notified: Apr 13, 2021	92d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Washington State AGApr 9 · first

California State AGApr 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+4d

Montana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (WA), last Apr 15 (MT) — a 6-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-539846
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2021
Raw hash: c33299d098c40c924b0c548cf908253c464f2c0f6f1e3cc8aaf5d7a3f8bd7d77

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcDougall & Sons, Inc.

Victim entityMcDougall & Sons, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our systems prior to restoration

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov