HackingTechnologyManufacturingInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CDI Electronics, Inc.

bd_01bb60bf3fece95e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

Oct 15, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CDI Electronics, Inc. →

CDI Electronics, Inc. notified Montana that cybercriminals gained unauthorized access to systems containing PII (names, addresses, SSNs) during early July 2020. The company discovered the incident on July 17, 2020, and sent notices on October 15, 2020. No evidence of misuse was found at the time of notice.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Jul 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 17, 2020

Discovered

Oct 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_45eb89e7d0d263ef2020-10-16 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5c9251b63489405a2020-10-22 · +7dVerified

Name: CDI Electronics, Inc.
norm: cdi electronics
Domain: cdielectronics.com

Name: CDI Electronics, Inc.
norm: cdi electronics
Domain: cdielectronics.com
Industry: TechnologyllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2020 – Jul 14, 2020
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began working to mitigate risks and to improve security
Implemented additional safeguards to improve data security on our email server
Taking additional steps to protect data from theft or similar criminal activity in the future
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to improve data security on our email server
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(90 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGOct 15 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Oct 15 (MT), last Oct 22 (NH) — a 7-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/CDI-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2020
Raw hash: 2f1f76bfedee79ede4c15076c61297103890713039e6a8ae3fa09593d0aac84f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCDI Electronics, Inc.

Victim entityCDI Electronics, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2020

Stated responseBegan working to mitigate risks and to improve security

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov