MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumActive

SMC Corporation of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2024

Filed

Feb 25, 2025

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

37state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SMC Corporation of America →

SMC Corporation of America notified employees of a cybersecurity incident discovered on December 8, 2024. A foreign threat actor gained unauthorized access to IT infrastructure, attempting to deploy ransomware and solicit payment. Personal information of U.S. and Canadian employees was exposed, including names, SSNs, bank details, and health data. SMC engaged cybersecurity experts and law enforcement, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Dec 8, 2024

Discovered

Feb 25, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ae0e02d3d2794c7b2025-02-24 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f23669769a47dd1d2025-02-24 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_216eb8cddfa38b9f2025-02-27 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_edebe12531d5a0ee2025-03-03 · +6dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 22d gap

California State AGbd_3e9730c3653b3d152025-03-10 · +13dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_049f19f4adabc7c32025-02-03 · +22dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_4337fc9b38267f812025-02-03 · +22dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_8689cd18bf89d75c2025-02-03 · +22dVerified

Name: SMC Corporation of America
norm: smc corporation of america
Domain: smcusa.com

Name: SMC Corporation of America
norm: smc corporation of america
Domain: smcusa.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2025
Affected individuals: 37state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: SMC's IT Department quickly identified the threat, took action to block unauthorized users from accessing SMC’s systems and launched an investigation
SMC engaged cyber security experts to investigate and attempt to resolve the Incident
Working with law enforcement to bring the threat actors behind this to justice
SMC is working with its IT team and cyber security partner to constantly evaluate security protocols and processes to prevent future incidents
SMC is providing Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring services for 24 months at no cost
Changes made: Security measures were implemented to contain the Incident
SMC is working with its IT team and cyber security partner to constantly evaluate security protocols and processes to prevent future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 3 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 3 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Maine State AG+21d

South Carolina State AG+22d · this page

HHS OCR+24d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

California State AG+35d

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (MD), last Mar 10 (CA) — a 35-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/SMCCorporationofAmerica.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2025
Raw hash: ed8d84489ece969160de49441acb49beb7b0b54604abb3f33b9971275040d108

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySMC Corporation of America

Victim entitySMC Corporation of America

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2024

Stated responseSMC's IT Department quickly identified the threat, took action to block unauthorized users from accessing SMC’s systems and launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov