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MalwareManufacturingRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2021

Filed

Feb 14, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,6879 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC. →

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. reported a ransomware incident that occurred between November 8, 2021, and December 1, 2021. The breach was discovered on December 29, 2021, and affected 9 Maine residents out of a total of 1,687 individuals. The compromised information included financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers combined with security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. The company offered one year of identity monitoring services through Kroll to affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 29, 2021 → Filed with AG Feb 14, 202247d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks 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 · 51 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Nov 8, 2021

Begins

Dec 29, 2021

Discovered

Feb 14, 2022

Filed

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 · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGFeb 14 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 14 · first
Maine State AGFeb 14 · first · this page

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.