HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

Feb 6, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. →

Gates Capital Management notified the Maryland AG of a data security incident discovered on Dec 13, 2024. Unauthorized access to files containing names, SSNs, and financial account numbers occurred. 3 Maryland residents were notified on Feb 6, 2025. No evidence of misuse found. Identity protection services offered.

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Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Dec 13, 2024

Discovered

Feb 6, 2025

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: gates capital management

Name: GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: gates capital management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its digital environment
Launched an investigation
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Undertook a comprehensive review of those files
Offering complimentary identity protection services to all individuals notified of the incident
Changes made: Offering complimentary identity protection services to all individuals notified of the incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376331.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2025
Raw hash: bea748001242c5284e77f875c4018b4111ddc4f7a48360be662dea50a507205c

Reporting entityGATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Victim entityGATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its digital environment

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov