MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

Aug 9, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC →

Associated Materials, LLC notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident occurring between April 25 and May 12, 2023. The attack encrypted systems at a manufacturing plant and potentially exfiltrated personal information including names, addresses, and government identifiers. The company engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, implemented access controls, and offered two years of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

May 12, 2023

Discovered

Aug 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0a9db45ccd0b75c42023-08-09Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7925996821c770362023-08-09Verified

Name: ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC
norm: associated materials

Name: ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC
norm: associated materials
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 12, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023 – May 12, 2023
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Engaged external counsel
Engaged a leading third-party cybersecurity forensics firm to investigate
Notified law enforcement
Changed the passwords on the affected systems
Implemented other access controls
Changes made: Implemented additional measures designed to increase the security of the network
Changed the passwords on the affected systems
Implemented other access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 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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Washington State AGAug 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-532.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2023
Raw hash: 35cd05cc2ab2b43e1fcfe3a52f050901765c36cd80373a3869a687b871ffbbd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

Victim entityASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 12, 2023

Stated responseEngaged external counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov