MalwareManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHIPIIMediumContained

Carpenter Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 18, 2021

Filed

Sep 11, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carpenter Co. →2 incidents on file

Carpenter Co experienced a ransomware incident on March 18, 2021, impacting IT systems. The company did not pay the ransom. Forensic investigation confirmed on May 24, 2021, that threat actors accessed personal information of employees and contractors, including SSNs, DOBs, financial account details, and health information. The company contained the malware, locked out unauthorized users, and engaged forensic experts. Remediation included network monitoring and active directory hardening. Identity monitoring was provided via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 177 days

Mar 18, 2021

Begins

Mar 18, 2021

Discovered

Sep 11, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_c6353158144d1d182021-09-11Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_87407076f951eb8b2021-07-29 · +44dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d19122e30db7711c2021-07-28 · +45dVerified
Montana State AGbd_446b8e72df69c9b32021-07-27 · +46dCandidate

Name: Carpenter Co.
norm: carpenter
Domain: carpenter.com

Name: Carpenter Co.
norm: carpenter
Domain: carpenter.com

Discovered: Mar 18, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 18, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHIPII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Successfully locked out the unauthorized users from the Company’s system
Successfully contained and removed the malware from the Company’s system
Undertaken a full forensic investigation of the incident with the assistance of an outside forensics investigation firm
Conducted a comprehensive information security assessment
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for 12 months
Changes made: Adding network monitoring at internet egress points
Implementing active directory hardening measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(177 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 · 5 states

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Montana State AGJul 27 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Maine State AG+46d

California State AG+46d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (MT), last Sep 11 (CA) — a 46-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-545204
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2021
Raw hash: ff98e97f62bd76c6a8572307b3ffb0fc9f1b77e62bbe8f41909c5274948c4388

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarpenter Co.

Victim entityCarpenter Co.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 18, 2021

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov