DisclosureLens
MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

MW Components

bd_961842e4dc0b2aad · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 26, 2023

Filed

Aug 28, 2023

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for MW Components2 incidents on file

MW Components disclosed a ransomware attack discovered on March 26, 2023, involving unauthorized access between March 1-26, 2023. The incident resulted in the potential exfiltration of personal information (PII). The company engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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 · 25 days
discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Mar 1, 2023

Begins

Mar 26, 2023

Discovered

Aug 28, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 132 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 239d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 30 (NH) — a 241-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.