Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Welding & Gas, Inc.

bd_d9620d68249c1006 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 8, 2022

Filed

Feb 16, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Welding & Gas, Inc. →4 incidents on file

American Welding & Gas, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Nov 4-8, 2022, discovered Nov 8, 2022. Access likely via phishing. PII contained in emails. Notification sent Feb 16, 2023. Remediation: password resets, policy review, 12-mo credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Nov 4, 2022

Begins

Nov 8, 2022

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_34c2a0ba61069f242023-02-16Verified

Name: American Welding & Gas, Inc.
norm: american welding gas

Name: American Welding & Gas, Inc.
norm: american welding gas
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2022 – Nov 8, 2022
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying relevant regulators as required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the passwords to all related email accounts
Initiated an investigation into the full nature and scope of the activity
Review of the account to determine the type of information involved
Identifying and populating address information for any potentially affected individuals
Notifying potentially affected individuals and relevant regulators
Offering access to twelve (12) months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AGFeb 16 · 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-73.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2023
Raw hash: b2018c4b466ca355c79baf6f6c3a0dbcc04c504b2ef6ec56990646e91a46c5a6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Welding & Gas, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Welding & Gas, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2022

Stated responseChanged the passwords to all related email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov