HackingManufacturingManufacturingTargetedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc.

bd_6627280d78205ba6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 17, 2021

Filed

Oct 12, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1,524state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. →

Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to its computer systems between May 17-19, 2021. The company discovered suspicious activity on May 17, 2021. An unknown actor accessed systems and viewed or removed data, including names. The company reported the incident to federal law enforcement, conducted forensic reviews, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

May 17, 2021

Begins

May 17, 2021

Discovered

Oct 12, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,524 affectedView incident

Name: Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc.
norm: northwest pipe fittings

Name: Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc.
norm: northwest pipe fittings
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 17, 2021
Breach occurred: May 17, 2021 – May 19, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,524state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the event to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the event to federal law enforcement
Conducted a comprehensive review of information stored on the impacted systems
Conducted a manual review of our records to confirm the identities of individuals affected
Offering you access to twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2021
Raw hash: 66725202bdbc56b1c6c0f115232e0f571abdf0ffcef5b0f69b52e6b381fb2d90

Reporting entityNorthwest Pipe Fittings, Inc.

Victim entityNorthwest Pipe Fittings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 17, 2021

Stated responseReported the event to federal law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov