PhysicalManufacturingManufacturingTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

CATERPILLAR INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2007

Filed

Apr 27, 2007

To disclose

22 days

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CATERPILLAR INC. →5 incidents on file

Caterpillar Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a breach involving the theft of a laptop belonging to vendor Strategic Benefits Advisors. The laptop contained PII (SSN, banking info) of Caterpillar employees/former employees, including 6 NH residents. Incident occurred April 5, 2007. Notices sent April 26, 2007. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Apr 5, 2007

Begins

Apr 5, 2007

Discovered

Apr 27, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: CATERPILLAR INC.
norm: caterpillar

Name: CATERPILLAR INC.
norm: caterpillar
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Apr 5, 2007
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2007
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2007
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralCobb County Department of Public Safety conducting investigation into burglary
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Sent notice to all identified individuals
Arranged for credit monitoring at no cost
Established a call center to field questions
Retained private investigative service to investigate
Established new and tighter procedures for employees and vendors
Changes made: Established new and tighter procedures for Caterpillar employees and vendors who have access to personal information
Implemented more rigorous directives for how data will be handled and managed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/caterpillar-20080427.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2007
Raw hash: e41be07bcd1827678273dee02fdfe6c85546de55d4efee30c9704468ce863e33

Reporting entityCATERPILLAR INC.

Victim entityCATERPILLAR INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 5, 2007

Stated responseSent notice to all identified individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov