MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Godwin

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 11, 2024

Filed

Feb 25, 2025

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Godwin →

Godwin Manufacturing Co, Inc. notified the Maryland AG of a March 2024 ransomware incident. An unknown actor encrypted files and accessed data (names, SSNs) between March 5-11, 2024. One Maryland resident was affected. Godwin engaged forensic review, reported to federal law enforcement, provided 12 months of Experian credit monitoring, and implemented additional cybersecurity safeguards.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d50 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 351 days

Mar 5, 2024

Begins

Mar 11, 2024

Discovered

Feb 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Godwin
norm: godwin
Domain: godwinmfg.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 5, 2024 – Mar 11, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 25, 2025
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this event to federal law enforcementproviding written notice of this event to appropriate state privacy regulators and the three major consumer reporting agencies

During the incident: Launched an extensive investigation
Secure its systems
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Conducted a comprehensive and time-intensive third-party review
Undertook a manual review of its records
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Established a toll-free call center
Providing potentially affected individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this event to appropriate state privacy regulators and the three major consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Working to implement additional cybersecurity safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 50 weeks(351 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376413.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2025
Raw hash: 5311129610460a792fcafc1100072a68a47d52c75cc3cc9fd55dcc897404b7b3

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityGodwin

Incidentdiscovered Mar 11, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an extensive investigation

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov