MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

Wilson Tool

bd_eb0ebd9c3baab7e5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 13, 2022

Filed

Jul 25, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Wilson Tool →

Wilson Tool International notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered on March 13, 2022, where an unauthorized party accessed and encrypted systems. The incident affected employee personal information. Wilson Tool engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, reset credentials, and provided 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Mar 13, 2022

Discovered

Jul 25, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_dd448ff9e4bf60b82022-07-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fed82e0dc33ad4652022-07-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cee619630eef42c92022-08-01 · +7dVerified

Name: Wilson Tool
norm: wilson tool

Name: Wilson Tool
norm: wilson tool
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm
Changed administrative credentials
Implemented a data back-up system
Installed new security firewalls
Enhanced already-existing monthly vulnerability scanning and system patching capabilities
Began strictly enforcing multi-factor authentication
Improved anti-virus active monitoring
Conducted additional cybersecurity awareness training
Changes made: Implemented a data back-up system
Installed new security firewalls
Enhanced already-existing monthly vulnerability scanning and system patching capabilities
Began strictly enforcing multi-factor authentication
Improved anti-virus active monitoring
Conducted additional cybersecurity awareness training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 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 AGJul 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 25 · first

Montana State AGJul 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 25 (IN), last Aug 1 (NH) — a 7-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-426.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2022
Raw hash: 735d4984f39d3550aa5fc3087b6cbb5c35cd0138311c948590bebcee5b136f31

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson Tool

Victim entityWilson Tool

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov