HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Phillips Screw Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 18, 2023

Filed

May 21, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Phillips Screw Company →

The Phillips Screw Company experienced a cybersecurity incident detected on Dec 18, 2023, involving unauthorized access between Dec 11-18, 2023. The incident impacted customer personal information (names). The company engaged forensic investigators, took systems offline, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 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 · 7 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Dec 11, 2023

Begins

Dec 18, 2023

Discovered

May 10, 2024

Scope determined

May 21, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_09e83a423c05bb5f2024-05-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_3a5c7acd6fcae38a2024-05-21Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9441df186f3f03992024-05-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_76609a1a0766fe162024-05-28 · +7dVerified

Name: The Phillips Screw Company
norm: the phillips screw

Name: The Phillips Screw Company
norm: the phillips screw
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 11, 2023 – Dec 18, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: May 10, 2024
Notification sent: May 21, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took certain systems offline
Engaged professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents to assist us with an investigation
Offering a complimentary membership to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Remediate and resume full business functionality
Continually evaluate and modify our practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 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 · 4 states

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Maine State AGMay 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first

Vermont State AGMay 21 · first

Vermont State AGMay 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 21 (ME), last May 28 (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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-05-21-phillips-screw-company-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: May 21, 2024
Raw hash: f074d1fa63d4beafec54f2fbfd79743d78bb80f582ab23fa7b030e35de09461a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Phillips Screw Company

Victim entityThe Phillips Screw Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2023

Stated responseTook certain systems offline

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov