HackingManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Great Star Tools USA, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 17, 2023

Filed

Jan 8, 2025

To disclose

17 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Great Star Tools USA, Inc. →

Great Star Tools USA, Inc. reported a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between August 2 and August 17, 2023. The company detected suspicious activity on August 17, 2023. Affected data includes names and potentially other personal information. The company secured systems, engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring. This is a supplemental notice.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 17 months / 510 days

Aug 2, 2023

Begins

Aug 17, 2023

Discovered

Jan 8, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+62 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2f60a9232b8d68a82024-11-12 · +57dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4a62fed9a73b74642024-11-12 · +57dVerified
California State AGbd_a979ec474fae9d442024-11-12 · +57dCandidate

Name: Great Star Tools USA, Inc.
norm: great star tools usa

Name: Great Star Tools USA, Inc.
norm: great star tools usa
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 2, 2023 – Aug 17, 2023
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement and regulators

During the incident: Secured our systems
Engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate
Assessed and secured our network
Identified the source of the activity
Determined what data may have been accessed
Identified those individuals with information in the accessible data
Located contact information to enable notice to those individuals
Notified federal law enforcement and regulators
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Providing complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 months(510 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGNov 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 12 · first

California State AGNov 12 · first

California State AG+57d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 12 (IN), last Jan 8 (CA) — a 57-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/sb24-597090
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2025
Raw hash: eec437fb500bc62a18afa9544e5e7bb55c147a659b54532051f3ffab19079418

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreat Star Tools USA, Inc.

Victim entityGreat Star Tools USA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 17, 2023

Stated responseSecured our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov