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HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SMC Corporation of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Mar 10, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for SMC Corporation of America

SMC Corporation of America and its subsidiary Advanced Pressure Technology (APTech) reported a data security breach affecting California residents. The incident, occurring on or about December 3, 2024, involved unauthorized access to systems containing personal information, including names and government-issued identifiers. SMC provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian to affected individuals. The notification was submitted to the California Office of the Attorney General.

Incident timeline

Dec 3, 2024

Begins

Mar 10, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 35d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Maryland State AGFeb 3 · first
Indiana State AGFeb 3 · first
Nebraska State AGFeb 3 · first
California State AG+35d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (MD), last Mar 10 (CA) — a 35-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.