MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Southwest Binding & Laminating

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2024

Filed

Mar 27, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Southwest Binding & Laminating →

Southwest Binding & Laminating experienced a ransomware attack on Feb 1, 2024, detected via unusual activity on an admin domain account. The incident exposed employee and contractor PII, including SSNs, addresses, and payroll data. The company took servers offline, engaged forensic experts, and is monitoring systems. Investigation ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Feb 1, 2024

Discovered

Mar 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_752ef0661cc1c9412024-02-07 · +48dVerified

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1efa5518229a10af2024-03-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_15bdc25a8769dbee2024-03-26 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_926d4f27eb09a93d2024-04-05 · +9dVerified by operator

Name: Southwest Binding & Laminating
norm: southwest binding laminating
Domain: swbindinglaminating.com

Name: Southwest Binding & Laminating
norm: southwest binding laminating
Domain: swbindinglaminating.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified appropriate regulatory authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took all servers offline
Engaged leading third-party cybersecurity forensic experts and other advisors
Engaged legal counsel to help notify appropriate regulatory authorities
Continuously monitoring systems for suspicious activity
Deployed additional resources to reinforce the security of systems
Changes made: Restored critical business files and services
Mitigation efforts to identify scope and mitigate impact
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGMar 26 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Mar 26 (ME), last Apr 5 (MA) — a 10-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1227.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2024
Raw hash: 3fc3fce5f7ea716412db2a1030c1dbff4f96b734bcf09d5db5590ee80666829a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Binding & Laminating

Victim entitySouthwest Binding & Laminating

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2024

Stated responseTook all servers offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov