HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

American Seating Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 29, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for American Seating Company →

American Seating Company notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to employee email accounts starting Jan 29, 2020. The incident affected 3 NH residents, exposing names and SSNs. Response included forensic investigation, firewall updates, antivirus implementation, and 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 198 days

Jan 29, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_352810821c3eb0942020-08-07 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b6b73438e86bacaf2020-08-07 · +7dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: American Seating Company
norm: american seating
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with third party forensic specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the activity
Reviewed and updated its firewall policies
Implemented new industry standard antivirus protection
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Trans Union
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(198 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 7 · first

Indiana State AGAug 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 7 (MA), last Aug 14 (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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-seating-20200814.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 240b13b7dca0beff374cd31ffca8883589caa279f75da030a24a90fec933a3ae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAmerican Seating Company

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2020

Stated responseWorked with third party forensic specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov