HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Phillips Screw Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2023

Filed

May 21, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The Phillips Screw Company →

The Phillips Screw Company experienced a cybersecurity incident detected on Dec 18, 2023, with unauthorized access occurring between Dec 11-18, 2023. The incident involved the exfiltration of personal information including names and government IDs. The company engaged forensic investigators, took systems offline, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notification was sent in May 2024.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Dec 11, 2023

Begins

Dec 18, 2023

Discovered

May 10, 2024

Scope determined

May 21, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_09e83a423c05bb5f2024-05-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_3a5c7acd6fcae38a2024-05-21Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f0b0643b387652b42024-05-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_76609a1a0766fe162024-05-28 · +7dVerified

Name: The Phillips Screw Company
norm: the phillips screw

Name: The Phillips Screw Company
norm: the phillips screw
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 11, 2023 – Dec 18, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: May 10, 2024
Notification sent: May 21, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took certain systems offline
Engaged professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents to assist us with an investigation
Offering a complimentary membership to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Remediate and resume full business functionality
Continually evaluate and modify our practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGMay 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first

Vermont State AGMay 21 · first

Vermont State AGMay 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 21 (ME), last May 28 (NH) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-05-21-phillips-screw-company-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2024
Raw hash: 6dc8cf3ec94fe9f8afee49342075ad4f3e314a3e033d471591ee9c83a8fd9d1a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Phillips Screw Company

Victim entityThe Phillips Screw Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2023

Stated responseTook certain systems offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov