HackingManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 8, 2025

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY →2 incidents on file

Cornwell Quality Tools notified the California AG of a data security incident where an unknown actor gained access to their network between December 12 and December 20, 2024. The company became aware of the unusual activity on December 20, 2024. Personal information, including names and other variable data elements, was potentially involved. The company engaged external cybersecurity experts, secured systems, notified the FBI, and is offering credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 20, 2024 → Notified Sep 4, 2025258d ✗ CA 60-day late37 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 262 days

Dec 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 8, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_78319a12494ee29e2025-09-08Verified
Oregon State AGbd_c0f0623a831ae9702025-09-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eda1bf635e2e3a042025-09-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fe8fda588e25da302025-09-08Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_5efc8f44eb7b3fd12025-09-09 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_9961e666b4f12f422025-09-09 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_31d6eaf12139be102025-09-05 · +3dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_10cb2e9659f8e65f2025-09-04 · +4dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_5e4368163fe0365f2025-09-04 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_8cc5949014f4f8a22025-09-04 · +4dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY
norm: the cornwell quality tools

Name: THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY
norm: the cornwell quality tools
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2024 – Dec 20, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Engaged external cybersecurity experts
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(262 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 258d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2025
258d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 20, 2024 → Notified: Sep 4, 2025	258d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Iowa State AGSep 4 · first

Montana State AGSep 4 · first

Vermont State AGSep 4 · first

Washington State AG+1d

Maine State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

California State AG+4d · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Texas State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IA), last Sep 9 (TX) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-608262
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2025
Raw hash: d9c99cecebb858b81657b91d26016a0efbdea5a102f2fa128369ae2d78f02e07

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

Victim entityTHE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov