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HydroChem LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 3, 2020

Filed

Feb 19, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for HydroChem LLC

HydroChem LLC d/b/a HydroChemPSC notified Montana residents of a data breach involving the theft of an employee laptop on January 3, 2020. The laptop contained names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. The laptop was password-protected. The company offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Jan 3, 2020

Discovered

Feb 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first
Montana State AGFeb 19 · 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.