Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingBECData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

QualiChem Metalworking

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 6, 2017

Filed

Mar 9, 2017

To disclose

3 days

Affected · nationwide

841 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for QualiChem Metalworking →2 incidents on file

QualiChem, Inc. reported a phishing incident where an employee sent W-2 data (SSNs, income, addresses) of 84 employees to a fraudster on Feb 13, 2017. The breach was discovered on March 6, 2017, when fraudulent tax returns were filed. One affected individual resides in New Hampshire. Noti

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Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Feb 13, 2017

Begins

Mar 6, 2017

Discovered

Mar 9, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_805e6831b4d97c292017-03-13 · +4dVerified

Name: QualiChem Metalworking
norm: qualichem metalworking
Domain: qualichem.com

Name: QualiChem Metalworking
norm: qualichem metalworking
Domain: qualichem.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 13, 2017
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 7, 2017
Affected individuals: 84state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the City of Salem Police DepartmentNotified the Internal Revenue ServiceNotified the FBINotified the Virginia Department of TaxationNotified the Office of the Attorney General in Virginia
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the City of Salem Police Department
Notified the Internal Revenue Service
Notified the FBI
Notified the Virginia Department of Taxation
Notified the Office of the Attorney General in Virginia
Sent notification letters to affected employees
Changes made: Taking steps to help ensure that further breaches do not occur
Helping employees monitor their sensitive information
Working with law enforcement to bring perpetrators to justice
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
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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New Hampshire State AGMar 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/qualichem-20170309.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 9, 2017
Raw hash: f1e98259859af532816153e0f0c61b6e9f8433e25e0f7450c9e56198badfeef3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityQualiChem Metalworking

Victim entityQualiChem Metalworking

Incidentdiscovered Mar 6, 2017

Stated responseNotified the City of Salem Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov