HackingTechnologyManufacturingInformationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

KEMET Electronics Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2022

Filed

Dec 9, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for KEMET Electronics Corporation →

KEMET Electronics Corporation notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident discovered on October 11, 2022. An unauthorized person accessed systems on October 11-12, 2022. The incident potentially affected 8 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, and limited medical/health insurance information. KEMET engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured systems, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Oct 11, 2022

Begins

Oct 11, 2022

Discovered

Dec 9, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_b0c4b408ecb640322022-12-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e250e2ce570cc7402022-12-09Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_d47e9ff52507ab2e2022-12-14 · +5dVerified

Name: KEMET Electronics Corporation
norm: kemet electronics

Name: KEMET Electronics Corporation
norm: kemet electronics
Industry: TechnologyllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 11, 2022 – Oct 12, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 9, 2022
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to secure its computer systems
Began an investigation with assistance from a cybersecurity firm
Offering notified individuals complimentary, one-year memberships to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through Kroll
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center where individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Changes made: Enhancing its existing security protocols and technical safeguards to attempt to prevent unauthorized access to its systems in the future
Updating its policies on document retention and sensitive information capture in order to attempt to prevent issues like this from impacting KEMET in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRDec 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 9 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (FL), last Dec 14 (SC) — a 5-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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kemet-electronics-20221209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2022
Raw hash: f1a4dcd5b27afa08cc20a9c8b22c310ffbb6be6d4b9bcbac7da61f25df5917a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKEMET Electronics Corporation

Victim entityKEMET Electronics Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its computer systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov