MalwareRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTEMPLOYMENTMediumActive
SMC Corporation of America
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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
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
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
- bd_4337fc9b38267f81Indiana State AGfiled 2025-02-03Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376292.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Feb 3, 2025
- Raw hash
- 41002d89fd5aafcaf086c93009abe6307c71c7f5af8c9f11bf039921d8347322
Reporting entity
- Name
- SMC Corporation of Americanorm: smc corporation of america
- Domain
- smcusa.com
Victim entity
- Name
- SMC Corporation of Americanorm: smc corporation of america
- Domain
- smcusa.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Dec 8, 2024
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Feb 3, 2025
- Affected individuals
- 8
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTEMPLOYMENT
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified Maryland Office of the Attorney General
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- MD AG >30d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.