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HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2026

Filed

May 12, 2026

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 12, 2026, of a cybersecurity incident discovered on March 27, 2026. A threat actor accessed and exfiltrated files containing personal information of 17 New Hampshire residents, including SSNs, driver's license numbers, payroll, 401(k), tax forms, and health insurance data. AOTCO engaged forensic investigators, disabled the network and VPN, reset passwords, and provided 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Mar 27, 2026

Discovered

May 12, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGMay 7 · first
Massachusetts State AG+4d
New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 7 (MA), last May 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.