HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 25, 2023

Filed

Aug 16, 2024

To disclose

42 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC. →4 incidents on file

Mueller Water Products, Inc. notified consumers that an unauthorized party copied files containing personal information from its IT network between October 25 and 26, 2023. The company became aware of unusual activity in late October 2023. Affected data includes names and potentially Social Security numbers. The company secured systems, investigated, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday42 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 42 weeks / 296 days

Oct 25, 2023

Begins

Oct 25, 2023

Discovered

Aug 16, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3bea66fd07f7a5d52024-08-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3bee7647163f4bbe2024-08-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_b1ba08e6704a0b9b2024-08-16Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e3661b54ad95f2a02024-08-16Verified

Name: MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
norm: mueller water products

Name: MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.
norm: mueller water products
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 25, 2023 – Oct 26, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Launched a comprehensive investigation
Undertook a comprehensive review of the relevant files
Enhanced the security of our systems
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12/24 months through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewed existing policies and procedures
Enhanced the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 42 weeks(296 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 16 · first

Indiana State AGAug 16 · first

Montana State AGAug 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 16 · first

Vermont State AGAug 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-08-16-mueller-water-products-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2024
Raw hash: 0e510518ab653d7e653e8777820da491781e4895511a4e6bf26f4c2630b16a45

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.

Victim entityMUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 25, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov