HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Star Refining

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 29, 2021

Filed

Jul 28, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Star Refining →

Star Refining, a dental precious metal refiner, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on July 21, 2021, of a security incident affecting 16 NH residents. On April 29, 2021, unauthorized third parties gained access to a limited number of user email accounts. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, driver's license info, SSNs, and financial account data. Star Refining hired third-party experts, offered credit monitoring, and planned to mail notices by July 22, 2021.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Apr 29, 2021

Discovered

Jul 28, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2f477d110fa003962021-07-22 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9558641e4a99c80d2021-07-22 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d453320d22b0298a2021-07-22 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_8cadec030dbe3ad52021-07-21 · +7dCandidate

Name: Star Refining
norm: star refining
Domain: starrefining.com

Name: Star Refining
norm: star refining
Domain: starrefining.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired third-party experts to further secure its systems and perform an investigation into the unauthorized activity
Intend to provide notice of the incident to the individuals whose information was potentially implicated
Intend to offer credit monitoring services to all individuals whose information was potentially involved in the incident
Intend to mail notice to individuals, including the New Hampshire residents, by July 22, 2021
Changes made: Hired third-party experts to further secure its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(90 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGJul 21 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 21 (ME), last Jul 28 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/star-refining-20210728.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2021
Raw hash: 7a46702d6ec05ca0eebf6cbc698fe86ed4ed11bd76b902842582c395e3ba9ed6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStar Refining

Victim entityStar Refining

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party experts to further secure its systems and perform an investigation into the unauthorized activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov