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MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumActive

SMC Corporation of America

bd_049f19f4adabc7c3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2024

Filed

Feb 3, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for SMC Corporation of America

SMC Corporation of America notified Maryland AG of a cybersecurity incident discovered on Dec 8, 2024. A foreign threat actor gained unauthorized access to IT infrastructure, attempting to deploy ransomware and solicit a ransom. The incident exposed PII of current and former employees, including SSNs, bank info, and driver's licenses. 8 Maryland residents were identified as affected. SMC retained forensic experts, legal counsel, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

Maryland clock MD AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Dec 8, 2024

Discovered

Feb 3, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 35d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 3 · first
Nebraska State AGFeb 3 · first
Maryland State AGFeb 3 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (IN), last Mar 10 (CA) — a 35-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.