HackingTechnologyHealthcareInformationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 31, 2023

Filed

Nov 17, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. →2 incidents on file

Welltok Inc., a vendor for Spectrum Brands, experienced a data breach via the MOVEit vulnerability (May 30-31, 2023). The incident affected personal information of 2 New Hampshire residents (employees). Welltok detected the breach on August 31, 2023, and notifications were sent on November 13, 2023. Response included patches, forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 93 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Aug 31, 2023

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Part of Welltok supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: REED SMITH LLP
norm: reed smith

Name: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
norm: spectrum brands
Industry: TechnologyllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023 – May 31, 2023
Undetected for: 93 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General (New Hampshire)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to implement protective measures to protect against further unauthorized access
Installing software patches
Implementing other mitigation steps recommended by the software provider
Updating internal technical measures and security procedures
Launched an internal investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notified consumer reporting agencies
Worked together to promptly notify affected individuals
Ensured that each affected individual has access to credit monitoring services from Experian at no cost
Changes made: Reviewed and enhancing existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Evaluating whether to continue providing the Welltok services to its employees or to replace Welltok with a different vendor
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/spectrum-brands-welltok-20231117.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2023
Raw hash: 0d985866580169f804b988d4d14e38267f83836efb3443dbc8e107b6fe226e25

Reporting entityREED SMITH LLP

Victim entitySPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to implement protective measures to protect against further unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov