HackingManufacturingManufacturingData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CriticalContained

THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 8, 2025

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected · nationwide

103,782973 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY →2 incidents on file

Cornwell Quality Tools reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on or around December 12, 2024, discovered on December 20, 2024. The incident affected 103,782 individuals nationwide, including 973 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, SSNs, medical information, and financial account numbers. Cornwell engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 20, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 8, 2025262d ✗ ME AG >90d37 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 262 days

Dec 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 8, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1986fff1bf6ebb2d2025-09-08Verified
Oregon State AGbd_c0f0623a831ae9702025-09-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eda1bf635e2e3a042025-09-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fe8fda588e25da302025-09-08Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_5efc8f44eb7b3fd12025-09-09 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_9961e666b4f12f422025-09-09 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_31d6eaf12139be102025-09-05 · +3dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_10cb2e9659f8e65f2025-09-04 · +4dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_5e4368163fe0365f2025-09-04 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_8cc5949014f4f8a22025-09-04 · +4dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: THE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY
norm: the cornwell quality tools
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2025
Affected individuals: 103,782state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney GeneralNotified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts
Secured systems
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cooperating with resulting investigation
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(262 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 262dME resident >180d · 258d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 8, 2025
262d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 20, 2024
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2025
258d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 20, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 8, 2025	262d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 20, 2024 → Notified: Sep 4, 2025	258d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

View merged incident ↗

Iowa State AGSep 4 · first

Montana State AGSep 4 · first

Vermont State AGSep 4 · first

Washington State AG+1d

California State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Texas State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IA), last Sep 9 (TX) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ab8644d2-0258-4e09-b335-ba5428d7ef74.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2025
Raw hash: b149d782685441c59001f441094ef30f19d164d36843621e313a1f85bf881dd7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityTHE CORNWELL QUALITY TOOLS COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov