HackingManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Daedong-USA, Inc. (Kioti® Tractor Division)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 15, 2024

Filed

Feb 20, 2025

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Daedong-USA, Inc. (Kioti® Tractor Division) →

Daedong-USA, Inc. (Kioti Tractor Division) disclosed a cybersecurity incident occurring on January 23, 2024, discovered in mid-October 2024. Unauthorized access resulted in the theft of personal information including names, DOBs, government IDs, SSNs, financial data, health info, and credentials. The company engaged forensic investigators, revoked access, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 266 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 128 days

Jan 23, 2024

Begins

Oct 15, 2024

Discovered

Feb 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_5a4b40bd658d9e672025-02-20Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_72eb26e92e41a0e22025-02-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_25d6b7aa912d92792025-02-24 · +4dVerified

Name: Daedong-USA
norm: daedong usa

Name: Daedong-USA, Inc. (Kioti® Tractor Division)
norm: daedong usa inc kioti tractor division
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 23, 2024 – Jan 23, 2024
Undetected for: 266 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Revoked the unauthorized party’s access to our systems
Engaged third-party forensic investigators to assist in our investigation
Took additional steps to enhance the security of our systems
Offered identity protection and credit monitoring services for two years at no cost
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(128 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 20 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 20 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-20-daedong-usa-kioti-tractor-division-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2025
Raw hash: d794b33ce58010a2e7fccc5dd84a327beb5e5c4818d10e26a3421fe5403501b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDaedong-USA

Victim entityDaedong-USA, Inc. (Kioti® Tractor Division)

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2024

Stated responseRevoked the unauthorized party’s access to our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov