🐻California State AG
Clustered 4 filings across 4 jurisdictions · filed Apr 16, 2024. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_fc589144da68480a · merge_method human · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Identity (basic)
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA ME MT NH
all State AG
per-filing reported counts
State AGs report only their own residents; bars show per-filing counts.
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Sep 7, 2023 → Oct 21, 2023
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Oct 19, 2023
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, NEW HAMPSHIRE AG filings
Mar 4, 2024
Reported by MAINE AG filing
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
DES Architects and Engineers experienced a ransomware incident involving malicious encryption and unauthorized access to its network between September 7, 2023, and October 21, 2023. The attacker downloaded files containing personal information, including names and other data elements. The company detected the incident on October 19, 2023, and began notifying affected individuals on November 10, 2023. DES implemented additional security measures and offered credit monitoring services.
DES Architects + Engineers, Inc. notified New Hampshire residents of a cybersecurity incident involving ransomware. Unauthorized access occurred between September 7 and October 21, 2023, resulting in malicious encryption and file exfiltration. One NH resident was notified on April 16, 2024. The company engaged federal law enforcement, provided credit monitoring via Experian, and implemented enhanced security safeguards.
Affected (this filing): 1
DES Architects + Engineers reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2024-04-16. The breach occurred from 9/7/2023 to 10/21/2023. 1 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 1
DES Architects and Engineers reported a data breach affecting 1,144 individuals. The breach, which occurred on October 19, 2023, and was discovered on March 4, 2024, involved an external system compromise. Affected information includes financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their associated security codes or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals on April 16, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 1,144