HackingManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

General Fasteners Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 24, 2024

Filed

Jul 8, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for General Fasteners Company →

General Fasteners Company notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident discovered on May 24, 2024. An unauthorized actor acquired files from GFC's servers on that date. One New Hampshire resident was affected, with exposure of name and potentially other data elements. GFC secured the network, conducted an investigation, and offered one year of credit monitoring via NortonLifeLock. The incident is contained.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

May 24, 2024

Begins

May 24, 2024

Discovered

Jul 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_246e5e3c42a9b5a62024-07-08Candidate

Name: General Fasteners Company
norm: general fasteners

Name: General Fasteners Company
norm: general fasteners
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 24, 2024
Breach occurred: May 24, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Secured the network
Commenced an investigation
Mailed a notification letter to the involved individual
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through NortonLifeLock Inc.
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to enhance the security of its network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 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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Indiana State AGJul 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 8 · 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/general-fasteners-20240708.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2024
Raw hash: 2273959486d4fdce77b1f11cc625055da23b349f332696be509f1dcccf3fe0e7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeneral Fasteners Company

Victim entityGeneral Fasteners Company

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2024

Stated responseSecured the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov