HackingInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Elemetal Refining, LLC

bd_e3053f35904bded6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 26, 2023

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Elemetal Refining, LLC →

Elemetal, LLC reported that an unauthorized actor gained access to its systems between August 22 and September 1, 2023. The company discovered suspicious activity on August 26, 2023, and took systems offline. A review concluded on February 9, 2024, that some customer data, including names and variable data, may have been accessed. Elemetal is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 26, 2023 → Notified Mar 1, 2024188d ✗ CA 60-day late27 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 188 days

Aug 22, 2023

Begins

Aug 26, 2023

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0ad227503e8d37792024-03-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6b93c57af85ceb7d2024-03-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a60da80b26ad32b32024-03-01Verified
Vermont State AGbd_ee5cb77b029470f42024-02-09 · +21dVerified

Name: Elemetal Refining, LLC
norm: elemetal refining

Name: Elemetal Refining, LLC
norm: elemetal refining

Discovered: Aug 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2023 – Sep 1, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified relevant regulators, as required

During the incident: Took systems offline to ensure the security of the network and restore the systems
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Reported this event to law enforcement
Notified relevant regulators
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing our policies, procedures, and security tools to reduce the risk of a similar event from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(188 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 188d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 26, 2023
→ Notified: Mar 1, 2024
188d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 26, 2023 → Notified: Mar 1, 2024	188d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGFeb 9 · first

Indiana State AG+21d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

New Hampshire State AG+21d

California State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 9 (VT), last Mar 1 (CA) — a 21-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-581815
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2024
Raw hash: 41b279b51ef63db52e99f78af8e87948fa957016ecfdc6890a9fe84db74f46be

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityElemetal Refining, LLC

Victim entityElemetal Refining, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 26, 2023

Stated responseTook systems offline to ensure the security of the network and restore the systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov