HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Elemetal Refining, LLC

bd_ee5cb77b029470f4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 9, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Elemetal Refining, LLC →

Elemetal, LLC notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between August 22 and September 1, 2023. The breach impacted PII including names and variable data. Elemetal took systems offline, engaged law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Aug 22, 2023

Begins

Aug 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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_0ad227503e8d37792024-03-01 · +21dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6b93c57af85ceb7d2024-03-01 · +21dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a60da80b26ad32b32024-03-01 · +21dVerified
California State AGbd_e3053f35904bded62024-03-01 · +21dCandidate

Name: Elemetal Refining, LLC
norm: elemetal refining

Name: Elemetal Refining, LLC
norm: elemetal refining
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2023 – Sep 1, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 9, 2024
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified relevant regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

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
Conducted a thorough and comprehensive review of the data
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: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+21d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

New Hampshire State AG+21d

California State AG+21d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-09-elemetal-data-breach-notice-consumers-0
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2024
Raw hash: 763f623d9839b4eba5236ad7174cf054aab09a6eb87eda53da88de5e87985ae6

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

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov