HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Altek

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 2, 2022

Filed

Jan 3, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Altek →2 incidents on file

Altek Electronics, Inc. notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity incident occurring Oct 28-Nov 2, 2022, discovered Nov 2, 2022. Unauthorized access led to exposure of SSNs and DOBs of current/prior employees. 2 NH residents affected. Notifications mailed Dec 22, 2022. Remediation included 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Oct 28, 2022

Begins

Nov 2, 2022

Discovered

Jan 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

A leak claim by blackbyte about this victim predates this filing by 57 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblackbytebd_5049ec65f52364ea2022-11-07 · +57dCandidate

Name: Altek Electronics, Inc.
norm: altek electronics
Domain: altek-inc.com

Name: Altek
norm: altek
Domain: altekelectronics.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Nov 2, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 28, 2022 – Nov 2, 2022
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 22, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure its network
Reported it to federal law enforcement
Retained the services of third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Changes made: Providing all of its current and former employees 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks, a credit monitoring and identity restoration service at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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 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/altek-electronics-20230103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 3, 2023
Raw hash: 78ec9c2f54f0b231f1b0f6e689be07787428b6ef99fdda6cc4a3a24a85517bf9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityAltek Electronics, Inc.

Victim entityAltek

Incidentdiscovered Nov 2, 2022

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure its network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov