HackingManufacturingManufacturingEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountEmploymentMediumContained

MARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2024

Filed

Dec 10, 2024

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for MARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC. →

Martin Sprocket & Gear, Inc. notified the California Attorney General of a data breach occurring on July 29, 2024, where an unauthorized user accessed a server storing employee data. The company became aware of the access on August 22, 2024. Affected data may include names, dates of birth, health information, driver's licenses, financial account details, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged third-party forensics, cooperated with law enforcement, and is offering identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 22, 2024 → Notified Dec 16, 2024116d ✗ CA 60-day late16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

Jul 29, 2024

Begins

Aug 22, 2024

Discovered

Dec 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ec70b0ab3d6533592024-12-12 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5e0df37e208e8c0b2024-12-14 · +4dCandidate

Name: MARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC.
norm: martin sprocket gear

Name: MARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC.
norm: martin sprocket gear
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 29, 2024
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement in its investigation

During the incident: Obtained a reputable third-party forensics provider to analyze the scope of the unauthorized access
Cooperating with law enforcement in its investigation
Implementing additional security controls to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring again
Offering identity theft protection services to all impacted adults through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional security controls to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 116d
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 22, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 16, 2024
116d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 22, 2024 → Notified: Dec 16, 2024	116d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGDec 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Montana State AG+4d

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/sb24-595922
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2024
Raw hash: 33d5e6d378d00b1dec9147cd80a9e63e8b4130f3c5951bb5aa62b8f5823d5bad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC.

Victim entityMARTIN SPROCKET & GEAR, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2024

Stated responseObtained a reputable third-party forensics provider to analyze the scope of the unauthorized access

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov