Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Central Specialties Inc.

bd_06d7f934e95b775c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 23, 2021

Filed

Jan 4, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

27state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Central Specialties Inc. →

Central Specialties Inc. notified Montana residents of a security incident where unauthorized actors accessed employee email accounts between August 18-23, 2021. The breach was discovered on August 23, 2021. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. Affected data included personal information contained in emails. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured accounts, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Aug 18, 2021

Begins

Aug 23, 2021

Discovered

Jan 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_78cc93d117ec3e142022-01-04Verified

Name: Central Specialties Inc.
norm: central specialties

Name: Central Specialties Inc.
norm: central specialties
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Aug 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 18, 2021 – Aug 23, 2021
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Conducted a comprehensive review of the emails and attachments
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership to Kroll Identity Monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance our existing security
Continue to educate our staff on how to identify and avoid malicious emails
Established a dedicated call center to answer any questions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 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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Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Montana State AGJan 4 · first · this page

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-165.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2022
Raw hash: 92b034501951aa45ae7b8270bb6bd9f809d69f18b69a450607b76e63cd8716c2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentral Specialties Inc.

Victim entityCentral Specialties Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2021

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov