Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filed Feb 10, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_0b317c0b32f649e2 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Government ID · Identity (basic)
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA ME MT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Aug 21, 2020 → Aug 30, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Aug 26, 2020
Reported by MAINE AG, CALIFORNIA AG filings
Westlake Hardware, Inc. reported a ransomware incident affecting 18,170 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The breach occurred between August 21 and 30, 2020, involving the exfiltration of names and Social Security Numbers. The company notified consumers in February 2021 and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
Affected (this filing): 18,170
Westlake Hardware, Inc. reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2021-02-10. The breach occurred from 8/21/2020 to 8/30/2020. 4 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 4
Westlake Hardware, Inc. reported a data breach affecting systems between August 21-30, 2020, discovered on August 26, 2020. An unknown actor accessed systems containing names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and limited medical info. Westlake engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of TransUnion credit monitoring. Notifications were sent starting January 22, 2021.