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HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2026

Filed

May 11, 2026

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

254state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC disclosed a cybersecurity incident discovered on March 27, 2026, where a threat actor potentially accessed and exfiltrated employee files containing SSNs, driver's license numbers, payroll, and health insurance info. AOTCO engaged forensic investigators, disabled the network and VPN, forced password resets, and offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks to affected employees.

Massachusetts clock⏱ MA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Mar 27, 2026

Discovered

May 11, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMay 7 · first
Massachusetts State AG+4d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 7 (MA), last May 12 (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.