HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Loren Cook Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 3, 2021

Filed

Oct 12, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Loren Cook Company →

The Cook Group notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized party accessed two employee email accounts between June 17 and July 10, 2020. The breach was discovered on September 3, 2021, affecting 2 NH residents with names and SSNs. The Cook Group secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 443 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Jun 17, 2020

Begins

Sep 3, 2021

Discovered

Oct 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5442b0e52b272db02021-10-07 · +5dVerified

Name: Loren Cook Company
norm: loren cook
Domain: lorencook.com

Name: Loren Cook Company
norm: loren cook
Domain: lorencook.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Sep 3, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2020 – Jul 10, 2020
Undetected for: 443 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports
Providing the affected residents with the contact information for the consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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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Massachusetts State AGOct 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 7 (MA), last Oct 12 (NH) — a 5-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/cook-group-20211012.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2021
Raw hash: 9218eff4fda247e0a6c1531b7aa9ad85b1f675de2079e02aacf3ad4ad2f021b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLoren Cook Company

Victim entityLoren Cook Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 3, 2021

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov