HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Cate Equipment

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 13, 2024

Filed

Aug 8, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cate Equipment →2 incidents on file

Cate Equipment Company notified Nebraska residents of a data breach where unauthorized actors accessed systems between August 2 and 13, 2024. The company discovered the breach on October 13, 2024, and sent notifications on July 15, 2025. Personal names were potentially exposed. The company engaged forensic experts and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

Aug 2, 2024

Begins

Oct 13, 2024

Discovered

Aug 8, 2025

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_e0798b26fb54cd6c2025-08-14 · +6dCandidate

Name: Cate Equipment
norm: cate equipment
Domain: cate.com

Name: Cate Equipment
norm: cate equipment
Domain: cate.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 13, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 2, 2024 – Aug 13, 2024
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 15, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals to assist in determining the full extent of the incident and the scope of any data impacted
Offered a complimentary 12-month membership for credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks
Established a dedicated, confidential toll-free response line ([REDACTED-PHONE]) staffed with professionals
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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Nebraska State AGAug 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 8 (NE), last Aug 14 (MA) — a 6-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.

Source URL: https://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/ba3b529f-8ddd-441d-8e6c-17d5517e390c.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 8, 2025
Raw hash: 9ac7a3da7676cf8e7c6ef11d0924519d10dbdca986a7dcdd61680974fe493d16

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCate Equipment

Victim entityCate Equipment

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2024

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals to assist in determining the full extent of the incident and the scope of any data impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov