Social EngineeringGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Festo Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2021

Filed

Apr 30, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Festo Corporation →

Festo Corporation notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 9 NH residents. An employee's credentials were compromised in Jan 2021, allowing access to email containing driver's license photos. Discovery was March 4, 2021; notification sent April 30, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jan 1, 2021

Begins

Mar 4, 2021

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_d41e139f732231f62021-04-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_00d37d3a2714d8652021-05-01 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_29e988b9bed56a882021-05-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Festo Corporation
norm: festo

Name: Festo Corporation
norm: festo

Discovered: Mar 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2021 – Feb 24, 2021
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine whether the potential compromise occurred
Turned off its two-factor authentication software in connection with the migration of its phone authentication system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGApr 30 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 30 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/festo-20210430.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2021
Raw hash: 446dd00f6055a6e21d773a84225f7fab6949ff9c8638cab40999db853386a2fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFesto Corporation

Victim entityFesto Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2021

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine whether the potential compromise occurred

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov