HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Sugar Steel Corporation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 22, 2020

Filed

Sep 17, 2021

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sugar Steel Corporation →

Sugar Steel Corporation experienced unauthorized access to two employee email accounts between December 8 and December 22, 2020. The company became aware of unusual activity on December 22, 2020. Personal information, including names and other variable data, was potentially accessed. The company implemented multi-factor authentication and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 22, 2020 → Notified Sep 17, 2021269d ✗ CA 60-day late38 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 269 days

Dec 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 22, 2020

Discovered

Sep 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+28 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_052d141a3a4da3082021-09-17Candidate
Maine State AGbd_07a35eb9224543932021-09-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_18e1fd2b96daaa6b2021-09-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5ebe9032a9fa41042021-09-17Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_9303786b55af15b42021-09-21 · +4dVerified

Name: Sugar Steel Corporation
norm: sugar and steel
Domain: sugarsteel.com

Name: Sugar Steel Corporation
norm: sugar and steel
Domain: sugarsteel.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 8, 2020 – Dec 22, 2020
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to certain state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Sugar Steel employee email accounts
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through IDX
Reported this event to certain state regulators
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Sugar Steel employee email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(269 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 269d
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 22, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 17, 2021
269d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 22, 2020 → Notified: Sep 17, 2021	269d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGSep 17 · first

Maine State AGSep 17 · first

Indiana State AGSep 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 17 · first

California State AGSep 17 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/sb24-545476
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 17, 2021
Raw hash: d6e72151f7509f8a7652cf7e4dd819eef624aa2a1aba153291b2b6cbd8f70c4d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySugar Steel Corporation

Victim entitySugar Steel Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov