AccidentalManufacturingManufacturingMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumResolved

Collins Aerospace / RTX.com

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 7, 2019

Filed

Nov 20, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Collins Aerospace / RTX.com →4 incidents on file

Collins Aerospace disclosed that a processing error resulted in the accidental email transmission of an employee's 2018 W-2 form to an unauthorized individual on October 7, 2019. The exposed data included name, address, compensation, tax withholdings, and Social Security number. The company contacted the recipient, who confirmed deletion of the data. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Oct 7, 2019

Begins

Oct 7, 2019

Discovered

Nov 20, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_edc2a4b9112cf7f02019-11-22 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5d13473fe74ae1fb2019-11-25 · +5dVerified

Name: Collins Aerospace / RTX.com
norm: collins aerospace rtxcom
Domain: collinsaerospace.com

Name: Collins Aerospace / RTX.com
norm: collins aerospace rtxcom
Domain: collinsaerospace.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 7, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2019
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Contacted the recipient of the data and requested that the information be deleted
Secured a written statement from the recipient confirming deletion and non-retention of data
Changes made: Re-examining processing procedures to prevent a reoccurrence
Putting forth other safeguards that will better serve data protection
Offering 12 months of triple bureau credit monitoring, CyberScan dark web monitoring, insurance reimbursement, and identity theft recovery services through MyIDCare
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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South Carolina State AGNov 20 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (SC), last Nov 25 (NH) — a 5-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/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2019/CollinsAerospace.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2019
Raw hash: 4917b9e44a7d1e12114a04e38f493f6cc54259807a19a8232ca238ff1c01adf6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCollins Aerospace / RTX.com

Victim entityCollins Aerospace / RTX.com

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2019

Stated responseContacted the recipient of the data and requested that the information be deleted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov