MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Carpenter Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 29, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carpenter Co. →2 incidents on file

Carpenter Co., a manufacturer of comfort cushioning products, experienced a ransomware incident on March 18, 2021, impacting its IT systems. The company did not pay the ransom. Forensic investigation confirmed on May 24, 2021, that a threat actor accessed personal information of employees and contractors, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Five New Hampshire residents were affected. Carpenter contained the incident, removed malware, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Mar 18, 2021

Begins

Jul 29, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_d19122e30db7711c2021-07-28 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_446b8e72df69c9b32021-07-27 · +2dCandidate
California State AGbd_4e3bd9c6373123282021-09-11 · +44dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c6353158144d1d182021-09-11 · +44dVerified by operator

Name: Carpenter Co.
norm: carpenter
Domain: carpenter.com

Name: Carpenter Co.
norm: carpenter
Domain: carpenter.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 18, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Successfully locking out the unauthorized users from Carpenter’s system
Successfully containing and removing the malware from Carpenter’s system
Undertaking a full forensic investigation of the incident with the assistance of an outside forensics investigation firm
Conducting a comprehensive information security assessment
Changes made: Adding network monitoring at internet egress points
Implementing active directory hardening measures
Offering each impacted individual a complimentary 12-month membership to Kroll’s Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJul 27 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

California State AG+46d

Maine State AG+46d

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (MT), last Sep 11 (ME) — a 46-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/carpenter-20210729.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2021
Raw hash: b829ac8d2b91ca1513dbe9a76e4f0500e1f024d8b12cfd5beca7a96f04d3de56

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarpenter Co.

Victim entityCarpenter Co.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov