HackingManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Matco Tools

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Jan 26, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,34235 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Matco Tools →

Matco Tools reported an external system breach that occurred on March 1, 2022, and was discovered on December 8, 2022. The breach affected 14,342 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. Matco Tools began notifying the affected individuals on January 26, 2023, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 26, 202349d ⏱ 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 · 282 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Mar 1, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Jan 26, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_010648d29a4d970b2023-01-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_03354f9b5843f1912023-01-26Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_0e2eefae13c5e50f2023-01-26Verified
California State AGbd_48e01401955fb6a12023-01-26Verified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_5edad1d53878400d2023-01-26Verified
Vermont State AGbd_6ccb99b922f8bbe62023-01-26Verified

Name: Matco Tools
norm: matco tools

Name: Matco Tools
norm: matco tools
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2022
Undetected for: 282 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2023
Affected individuals: 14,342state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 49d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 26, 2023
49d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 26, 2023	49d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 26 · first

California State AGJan 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 26 · first

Vermont State AGJan 26 · first

Maine State AGJan 26 · first · this page

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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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e070fe84-fe8b-4442-a77e-e4c0635552e1.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2023
Raw hash: b1ba6ccc169f56215aeb44112972c9cc24726558445896218398781d72d98b4a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMatco Tools

Victim entityMatco Tools

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseOffered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov