HackingTechnologyManufacturingInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 16, 2021

Filed

Jun 3, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. →

DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. notified Montana AG of a March 2021 incident where unauthorized access to a file server exposed employee names and SSNs. The company engaged cybersecurity and law enforcement, restored operations, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Mar 14, 2021

Begins

Mar 16, 2021

Discovered

Jun 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavaddonbd_8d2cd7bc8b1a83882021-09-09 · +98dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1e15f81c3e1af8682021-06-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_47bf75f0f4af22b22021-06-03Verified by operator
California State AGbd_ae5ba5c7ede184522021-06-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c72701b420a4eb5d2021-06-03Candidate

Name: DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.
norm: dicon fiberoptics
Domain: diconfiberoptics.com

Name: DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.
norm: dicon fiberoptics
Domain: diconfiberoptics.com
Industry: TechnologyllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2021
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and are working to support their investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement
Restored operations
Offered complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks credit monitoring service
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to further enhance the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 3 · first

Indiana State AGJun 3 · first

California State AGJun 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 3 · first

Montana State AGJun 3 · 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/DICON-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2021
Raw hash: 280009a38a851e9c13ffe8498628f5e3ec80c28bb84c3b77b7405bff8dc01984

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.

Victim entityDiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 16, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov