MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedTargetedMulti-Stage ChainPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

SMC Corporation of America

bd_edebe12531d5a0ee · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2024

Filed

Mar 3, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

64state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for SMC Corporation of America →

SMC Corporation of America notified the New Hampshire AG of a cybersecurity incident discovered on December 3, 2024. A foreign threat actor attempted to deploy ransomware and solicit payment, gaining unauthorized access for ~10 minutes. 64 NH residents (current/former employees) were affected. SMC restored systems from backups, negotiated for data suppression, and engaged experts/legal counsel. Notices were mailed Feb 3, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Dec 3, 2024

Discovered

Mar 3, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_216eb8cddfa38b9f2025-02-27 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_69bed5b3b28435772025-02-25 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_3e9730c3653b3d152025-03-10 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae0e02d3d2794c7b2025-02-24 · +7dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 28d gap

Maine State AGbd_f23669769a47dd1d2025-02-24 · +7dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_049f19f4adabc7c32025-02-03 · +28dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_4337fc9b38267f812025-02-03 · +28dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_8689cd18bf89d75c2025-02-03 · +28dVerified

Name: SMC Corporation of America
norm: smc corporation of america
Domain: smcusa.com

Name: SMC Corporation of America
norm: smc corporation of america
Domain: smcusa.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2025
Affected individuals: 64state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts
Engaged legal counsel
Engaged a data breach remediation firm
Worked with federal authorities
Provided affected individuals notice of the security incident via U.S. mail
Secured the services of Experian
Changes made: Operational systems have been restored with viable backups
Negotiations with the Threat Actor have been completed for data suppression purposes only
SMC sought OFAC clearance and approval for ransom payment for data suppression purposes
Technology systems are hardened against further breach
Working with its IT team and cyber security partner to constantly evaluate security protocols and processes to prevent future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(90 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 3 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 3 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Maine State AG+21d

South Carolina State AG+22d

HHS OCR+24d

New Hampshire State AG+28d · this page

California State AG+35d

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (MD), last Mar 10 (CA) — a 35-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/smc-corporation-america-20250303.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2025
Raw hash: be3de47ef8f3749d4fe260aae684005613e6063d4a877657402b1ee823cbc20f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySMC Corporation of America

Victim entitySMC Corporation of America

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2024

Stated responseRetained cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov