HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

STEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2025

Filed

Dec 31, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for STEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC. →

Steel Encounters, Inc. notified Nebraska AG of a data breach occurring between July 27 and August 1, 2025. An unauthorized actor accessed and copied personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, affecting one Nebraska resident. Steel Encounters notified federal law enforcement, provided 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll, and enhanced security policies.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

Jul 27, 2025

Begins

Jul 27, 2025

Discovered

Dec 31, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 133 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_34ca1ec83edbb2b92025-08-20 · +133dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_323382ccfd50cb532025-12-31Verified
HHS OCRbd_3a89b39e8b4a5f3a2025-12-31Verified

Name: STEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC.
norm: steel encounters
Domain: steelencounters.com

Name: STEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC.
norm: steel encounters
Domain: steelencounters.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 27, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2025 – Aug 1, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulatorsProviding notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured systems
Assessed the security of Steel Encounters systems
Investigated the activity
Identified potentially impacted information
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures relating to data and cyber security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

HHS OCRDec 31 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 31 · first · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/5ea5d71b-1d09-406b-80d4-1df1921ac458.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2025
Raw hash: 1885c37c94c7b1c0467092f73b6a101968120bcfd8d391415723da1d26efc01b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySTEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC.

Victim entitySTEEL ENCOUNTERS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2025

Stated responseSecured systems

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov