HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowContained

Smead Manufacturing

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2023

Filed

Apr 3, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Smead Manufacturing →

Smead Manufacturing experienced unauthorized access to an employee email account between February 1 and February 7, 2023. The company became aware of unusual activity in early February 2023. The incident affected one New Hampshire resident, involving former and current employee information. Smead secured the account, investigated the scope, and is offering two years of credit monitoring through Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Feb 1, 2023

Begins

Feb 1, 2023

Discovered

Apr 3, 2023

Filed

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

Montana State AGbd_b20393e31e8a10f52023-03-29 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_de8a95de1ad468bb2023-03-29 · +5dVerified

Name: Smead Manufacturing
norm: smead manufacturing
Domain: smead.com

Name: Smead Manufacturing
norm: smead manufacturing
Domain: smead.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2023 – Feb 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly took steps to secure the account
Commenced a diligent investigation
Reviewing and enhancing its existing policies, processes and security measures
Taking steps to notify potentially affected individuals
Providing access to two (2) years of credit monitoring services through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing its existing policies, processes and security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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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Montana State AGMar 29 · first

Indiana State AGMar 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 29 (MT), last Apr 3 (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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/smead-manufacturing-20230403.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 3, 2023
Raw hash: 98cb069373f2cab0a6199d9503e8f7dc12f13719da8a176ea7565877481d163b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySmead Manufacturing

Victim entitySmead Manufacturing

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2023

Stated responsePromptly took steps to secure the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov