MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

MW Components

bd_5ee69a804aecb547 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 26, 2023

Filed

Aug 30, 2023

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MW Components →2 incidents on file

MW Components filed a supplemental data breach notification with the New Hampshire Attorney General on August 29, 2023, regarding a ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred between March 1 and March 26, 2023. The breach affected 5 New Hampshire residents, involving personal information. MW Components engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d22 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 · 25 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Mar 1, 2023

Begins

Mar 26, 2023

Discovered

Aug 30, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 134 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_7c646ecd17cfb9c42023-04-18 · +134dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_5cf56f6afff3cbc62023-08-29 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_e09ff3bc5f2bd8f22023-08-29 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_961842e4dc0b2aad2023-08-28 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_dce2bfbf462b07782023-08-01 · +29dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 241d gap

Indiana State AGbd_2ba967fa047ad15e2023-07-28 · +33dCandidate
California State AGbd_2f2ea2a07ebd35492023-07-28 · +33dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_942fc7aeb5dacbb42023-07-28 · +33dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_4a805e56cbe3021a2023-01-01 · +241dVerified by operator

Name: MW Components
norm: mw components
Domain: mwcomponents.com

Name: MW Components
norm: mw components
Domain: mwcomponents.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2023 – Mar 26, 2023
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Notified law enforcement
Worked to secure their systems
Engaged a forensic security firm to assist with the investigation
Changes made: Reviewing its information security policies
Evaluating methods to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Enhancing our technical security measures
Offering a complimentary membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+208d

California State AG+208d

Massachusetts State AG+208d

New Hampshire State AG+212d

Vermont State AG+239d

Maine State AG+240d

California State AG+240d

New Hampshire State AG+241d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 30 (NH) — a 241-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/mw-components-20230830.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2023
Raw hash: 640198209a4a5d4e9f29a066794db98b400baee82b5814955b029e9f1c2e1e16

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMW Components

Victim entityMW Components

Incidentdiscovered Mar 26, 2023

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov