DisclosureLens
MalwareManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHigh

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 2, 2022

Filed

Aug 17, 2022

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

167,9631,176 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. →3 incidents on file

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. reported a data breach caused by malware that affected 167,963 individuals. The breach occurred between September 18, 2020, and February 3, 2022, and was discovered on August 2, 2022. The compromised information included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding access codes. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on August 18, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 17, 202215d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 683 days
discovery → filing · 15 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Aug 2, 2022

Discovered

Aug 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 15d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Delaware State AGAug 2 · first
Delaware State AG+15d
California State AG+15d
Oregon State AG+15d
Maine State AG+15d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+16d
Indiana State AG+16d
Washington State AG+16d
New Hampshire State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Aug 2 (DE), last Aug 19 (NH) — a 17-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.