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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDMediumResolved

BTU International, Inc.

bd_7502d8adf20dd278 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2021

Filed

May 13, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4822 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for BTU International, Inc. →2 incidents on file

BTU International, Inc. experienced an external system breach on April 12, 2021, which was discovered the same day. The breach affected 482 individuals in total, with 2 of them being residents of Maine. The compromised information included names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers. In response, the company provided written notification to the affected individuals on May 12, 2021, and offered two years of credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 12, 2021 → Filed with AG May 13, 202131d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Apr 12, 2021

Begins

Apr 12, 2021

Discovered

May 13, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 67d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMay 13 · first
Maine State AGMay 13 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+1d
Indiana State AG+61d
Montana State AG+61d
Maine State AG+63d
New Hampshire State AG+67d

Pattern: first filing May 13 (MA), last Jul 19 (NH) — a 67-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.