HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsFinancial accountLowContained

Western Tool & Supply Co.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 16, 2023

Filed

Dec 19, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Western Tool & Supply Co. →

Western Tool & Supply Co. notified Idaho residents of a third-party data breach involving SignatureIT Ltd., an e-commerce platform provider. On November 16, 2023, SignatureIT detected unusual activity and unauthorized access to its systems via the Confluence collaboration platform. Approximately 11 Idaho residents may have had personal information compromised, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and passwords. Western Tool & Supply's own systems were not accessed. The company notified affected users, regulators (FBI, CISA, state agencies, EU), and credit reporting agencies.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Nov 16, 2023

Discovered

Dec 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Part of SignatureIT Ltd. supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11 affectedView incident

Name: Western Tool & Supply Co.
norm: western tool supply

Name: Western Tool & Supply Co.
norm: western tool supply
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 16, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure ActNotified applicable U.S. state agenciesNotified the E.U. under the General Data Protection Regulation
Third party: via SignatureIT Ltd.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified all known U.S. users registered with the e-commerce platform
Sent notifications to relevant regulators including the FBI and CISA
Notified applicable U.S. state agencies
Notified the E.U. under the General Data Protection Regulation
Notified the nationwide consumer reporting agencies
Continues to monitor this incident and its effect on its customer community
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2023/12/12-19-2023-Western-Tool-Supply-Co.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2023
Raw hash: 68f3158ee3c8f4e6906b05ca329fef39303d777c21380a09290e6acfe426ba42

Reporting entityWestern Tool & Supply Co.

Victim entityWestern Tool & Supply Co.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 16, 2023

Stated responseNotified all known U.S. users registered with the e-commerce platform

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov