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The Phillips Screw Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2024

Filed

May 21, 2024

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

2452 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Phillips Screw Company →

The Phillips Screw Company reported a data breach affecting 2 Maine residents. The breach, described as an external system breach (hacking), occurred between December 11 and December 18, 2023, and was discovered on May 10, 2024. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on May 21, 2024, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered May 10, 2024 → Filed with AG May 21, 202411d ✓ ME AG ≤30d11 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 151 days
discovery → filing · 11 days

Dec 11, 2023

Begins

May 10, 2024

Discovered

May 21, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first
Vermont State AGMay 21 · first
Vermont State AGMay 21 · first
Maine State AGMay 21 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 21 (MA), last May 28 (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.