HackingManufacturingManufacturingTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 9, 2025

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

1,388state residents only

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY →2 incidents on file

Cornwell Quality Tools notified South Carolina residents of a data security incident. An unknown actor gained access to the network around December 12, 2024, potentially acquiring personal information including names and variable data elements. Cornwell engaged external cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due38 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 263 days

Dec 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_9961e666b4f12f422025-09-09Verified
California State AGbd_1986fff1bf6ebb2d2025-09-08 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_78319a12494ee29e2025-09-08 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_c0f0623a831ae9702025-09-08 · +1dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_eda1bf635e2e3a042025-09-08 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fe8fda588e25da302025-09-08 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_31d6eaf12139be102025-09-05 · +4dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_10cb2e9659f8e65f2025-09-04 · +5dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_5e4368163fe0365f2025-09-04 · +5dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_8cc5949014f4f8a22025-09-04 · +5dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY
norm: the cornwell quality tools

Name: THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY
norm: the cornwell quality tools
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,388state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Engaging external cybersecurity experts
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering you the opportunity to enroll in complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(263 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Iowa State AGSep 4 · first

Montana State AGSep 4 · first

Vermont State AGSep 4 · first

Washington State AG+1d

California State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Texas State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IA), last Sep 9 (SC) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Cornwell%20Quality%20Tools.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2025
Raw hash: db41c6d49fb530ce52b82066b795c1e871e0ac572f154ec29f1a1880562d8daa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

Victim entityTHE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov