DisclosureLens
HackingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

GATES CORPORATION

bd_112bce4c5e6bd787 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 15, 2023

Filed

Jul 7, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

11,0903 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for GATES CORPORATION

Gates Corporation reported an external system breach that occurred between February 7, 2023, and February 11, 2023. The company discovered the incident on May 15, 2023. The breach affected 3 Maine residents, compromising their names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. In response, Gates Corporation offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services to the affected individuals and sent written notifications on June 30, 2023.

Maine clockDiscovered May 15, 2023Filed with AG Jul 7, 202353d ME AG >30d8 weeks 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 · 97 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Feb 7, 2023

Begins

May 15, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by black_basta about this victim predates this filing by 146 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 187d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Maine State AG+187d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 7 (ME) — a 187-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.