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MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

GATES CORPORATION

bd_7c5d2b79e414084d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2023

Filed

Jul 7, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for GATES CORPORATION →

Gates Corporation notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on February 11, 2023. On April 30, 2023, the company discovered that HR records containing PII, SSNs, and financial data were exfiltrated. Gates engaged forensic experts, restored systems from backups without paying ransom, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Feb 11, 2023

Begins

Apr 30, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 187d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Indiana State AG+180d
Vermont State AG+187d
Maine State AG+187d
New Hampshire State AG+187d
Montana State AG+187d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 7 (MT) — a 187-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.