MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

Aug 2, 2022

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. →3 incidents on file

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. notified customers that its third-party payment vendor, Freestyle Solutions, experienced a data breach. Malware on the Freestyle server hosting ShopRuger.com captured customer payment card data, names, and addresses between September 2020 and February 2022. Ruger engaged Verizon for forensics, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of identity protection services. No evidence of improper use was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 683 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Aug 2, 2022

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_1f4061fbb0cfdce22022-08-17 · +15dVerified
California State AGbd_38f04b97485bb4182022-08-17 · +15dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_9393cab4cdd552b62022-08-17 · +15dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_ebaf2f767137b90a2022-08-17 · +15dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 17d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2756ba599a1cd56c2022-08-18 · +16dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4fae1ff48d4333632022-08-18 · +16dVerified
Washington State AGbd_ab208d75cc9435ea2022-08-18 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_424fddae629065202022-08-19 · +17dVerified

Name: STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
norm: sturm ruger
Domain: shopruger.com

Name: STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.
norm: sturm ruger
Domain: shopruger.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2020 – Feb 3, 2022
Undetected for: 683 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement authorities
Third party: via Freestyle Solutions
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Removed malware from the server
Blocked known malicious users
Changed administrative passwords
Engaged Verizon to conduct an investigation
Notified federal law enforcement authorities
Coordinated with payment card companies
Notified all affected customers
Notified certain regulatory authorities
Offered identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Engaged Verizon to conduct an investigation and advise on further containment and remediation activities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Delaware State AGAug 2 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+15d

California State AG+15d

Maine State AG+15d

Oregon State AG+15d

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Indiana State AG+16d

Washington State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Aug 2 (DE), last Aug 19 (NH) — a 17-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2022/08/Ruger-Template-Individual-Notice.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2022
Raw hash: 1bd3ce10478110282ddda5e9065cbc89841d2341d433376bc36f44df4c4b0e78

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySTURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

Victim entitySTURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2022

Stated responseRemoved malware from the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov