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The Stanley Works

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 15, 2008

Filed

Jan 28, 2009

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for The Stanley Works

The Stanley Works notified the NH AG that a company laptop containing employee PII (names, SSNs, salary) was stolen at a US airport on Dec 15, 2008. The laptop was password protected. 2 NH residents affected. Credit monitoring offered.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Dec 15, 2008

Discovered

Jan 28, 2009

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

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.