DisclosureLens
HackingManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Instron

bd_b0e6f686dc039547 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

Dec 28, 2023

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Instron →

Instron, an industrial manufacturer, notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident. Unauthorized access occurred Aug 10-18, 2023. Personal information of 13 NH residents was accessed. Instron engaged forensic consultants, took systems offline, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d21 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

Aug 10, 2023

Begins

Dec 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by bianlian about this victim predates this filing by 78 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGDec 21 · first
Vermont State AGDec 21 · first
Montana State AGDec 21 · first
New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (ME), last Dec 28 (NH) — a 7-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.