FEDERALItem 1.05 · mandatoryMisuseManufacturingTechnologyManufacturingSemiconductorsSabotagePrivilege AbuseLowContained

Meta Materials Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 25, 2024

Filed

Aug 1, 2024

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

77%

Full breach record for Meta Materials Inc. →

On July 25, 2024, Meta Materials Inc. became aware its website, email and related IT systems were significantly disrupted. Initial investigation determined a former executive officer deliberately de-activated and cancelled renewal of the company's website, impacting email delivery to customers, investors and stakeholders. Outside counsel compelled reinstatement; website and email were restored July 29, 2024. The Company continues evaluating any unauthorized access; no material IP or customer data impact identified to date.

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SEC clockMateriality determined Jul 25, 2024 → Filed Aug 1, 20247d ✗ SEC 4-day late7 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 days

Jul 25, 2024

Begins

Jul 25, 2024

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Meta Materials Inc.
norm: meta materials
SEC CIK: 0001431959

Name: Meta Materials Inc.
norm: meta materials
SEC CIK: 0001431959
Industry: ManufacturingllmTechnologyllm
NAICS 334413 · Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing

Discovered: Jul 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2024 – Jul 29, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jul 25, 2024
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: —
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1485 Data Destruction
Threat actor: InternalGrudge
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Immediately began taking steps to restore, contain, and remediate the incident with internal and external cybersecurity experts
Began an investigation as to the cause of the disruption
With the assistance of outside legal counsel, compelled the reinstatement of the website
Commenced a process to ensure that IT functionality would continue uninterrupted
Re-activated the website and restored email systems on July 29, 2024
Continues to evaluate any unauthorized access to sensitive and confidential information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SEC 4-day late · 7d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
SEC
Materiality determined: Jul 25, 2024
→ Filed: Aug 1, 2024
7d cal. 4 business days SEC 4-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
SEC	Materiality determined: Jul 25, 2024 → Filed: Aug 1, 2024	7d cal.	4 business days	SEC 4-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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 filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statementThis record

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1431959/000095017024089345/mmat-20240725.htm
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2024
Raw hash: 18acf624a51d5aeeefc54f0dd694efcc87547f81410b9ce072c6ed7e06c47d33

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Reporting entityMeta Materials Inc.

Victim entityMeta Materials Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2024

Stated responseImmediately began taking steps to restore, contain, and remediate the incident with internal and external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceSEC 4-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.sec.gov

Source filing