MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Schmidt Electric

bd_8fc0d020fff5ba7e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 1, 2020

Filed

Oct 15, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Schmidt Electric →

Schmidt Electric Company, Inc. notified Montana residents of a malware incident discovered on August 1, 2020. The breach impacted employee personal information. The company engaged third-party investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Aug 1, 2020

Discovered

Oct 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_d0dbb564bb5de99c2020-10-15Verified

Name: Schmidt Electric
norm: schmidt electric
Domain: schmidt-electric.com

Name: Schmidt Electric
norm: schmidt electric
Domain: schmidt-electric.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators
Notified law enforcement
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Offering 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGOct 15 · first

Montana State AGOct 15 · first · this page

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/Schmidt-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2020
Raw hash: c4b7c2945ef2a6f6d33a5b665bfd1312bee3fca0156d190a9a0d0001842316a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySchmidt Electric

Victim entitySchmidt Electric

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov