MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Rea Magnet Wire

bd_c2f301c49259827e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 9, 2023

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rea Magnet Wire →

Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc. notified the New Hampshire AG of a ransomware attack on September 9, 2023, affecting 3 NH residents. Perpetrators stole information including names and addresses. Rea Wire restored systems within days, engaged in investigation, implemented security controls (firewalls, MFA, EDR), and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d8 weeks 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 · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 9, 2023

Begins

Sep 9, 2023

Discovered

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cactus about this victim predates this filing by 61 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteplaybd_a09f335c88c32fdb2023-09-07 · +60dVerified by operator
Leak Sitecactusbd_3b373af2eee32cf62023-09-06 · +61dCandidate

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2af649b5af5b310f2023-10-31 · +6dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_db0d27d8164babdb2023-10-31 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_017dd850c8798b1c2023-10-04 · +33dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e06ef1d6c90e9ac62023-10-04 · +33dVerified

Name: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
norm: faegre drinker biddle reath

Name: Rea Magnet Wire
norm: rea magnet wire
Domain: reawire.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 9, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2023
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Install new firewalls at the corporate office and the company’s data center
Include a VPN service with MFA
Install EDR on all desktop and server computers
Apply least privilege strategy to administrator accounts
Increase password complexity for all users
Changes made: Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGOct 4 · first

Indiana State AGOct 4 · first

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Maine State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+33d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 4 (VT), last Nov 6 (NH) — a 33-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/rea-magnet-wire-company-20231106.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: c37b6550f791290368b08aa73c41e6703008fd56eb8ad413b693752581b554d5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Victim entityRea Magnet Wire

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2023

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov