MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

Aug 9, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC →

Associated Materials, LLC, a manufacturer of exterior building products, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized access occurred between April 25 and May 12, 2023, resulting in system encryption. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, reset passwords, and provided credit monitoring to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

May 12, 2023

Discovered

Aug 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0a9db45ccd0b75c42023-08-09Candidate
Montana State AGbd_fd2e4279329974c52023-08-09Verified

Name: ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC
norm: associated materials

Name: ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC
norm: associated materials
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 12, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023 – May 12, 2023
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 8, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella

During the incident: Engaged experts and commenced an investigation
Sent notifications by mail on August 8, 2023
Provided premier credit monitoring and identity theft protection product free of charge
Changed the passwords on the affected systems
Implemented other access controls
Notified law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Implemented additional measures designed to increase the security of its network
Changed the passwords on the affected systems
Implemented other access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 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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Washington State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 9 · first · this page

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/associated-materials-20230809.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2023
Raw hash: 0ac9f5e51e634adf3681985215dfa343fb7c8f305af424cd9763e228748b6a3c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

Victim entityASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 12, 2023

Stated responseEngaged experts and commenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov