MalwareTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2020

Filed

Jun 16, 2020

To disclose

3 days

Affected

25state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC →4 incidents on file

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on June 13, 2020. An unknown actor accessed systems between June 3 and June 13, 2020, encrypting systems and exfiltrating data including names, SSNs, and W-2s. Data was posted online in June and August 2020. Readerlink engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Jun 3, 2020

Begins

Jun 13, 2020

Discovered

Jun 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0436cf95197ebc582020-07-10 · +24dVerified

Name: Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
norm: readerlink distribution

Name: Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
norm: readerlink distribution
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2020 – Jun 13, 2020
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 25state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified other government regulators

During the incident: Secured the systems
Restored access to the information
Investigated what happened
Conducted an extensive investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement and other government regulators
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJun 16 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+24d

Pattern: first filing Jun 16 (MT), last Jul 10 (IN) — a 24-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/readerSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 16, 2020
Raw hash: 38c5ea887eb2510d10d489f04c316c90f56f93d52a0904a28f6da7f35c3cbfa0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityReaderlink Distribution Services, LLC

Victim entityReaderlink Distribution Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2020

Stated responseSecured the systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov