Manufacturing sector data breaches expose employee personal records, and sometimes customer or business partner information, at factories, industrial companies, and their suppliers. Manufacturing has become one of the most frequently targeted industries for ransomware in recent years, since production downtime is extremely costly and companies are often under pressure to pay quickly to resume operations, which attackers exploit alongside data theft. These exposures can lead to identity theft and financial fraud affecting employees, and in some cases raise separate concerns about the exposure of proprietary business information, trade secrets, or supply chain data alongside personal data. Affected individuals typically include current and former employees, though breaches that touch customer-facing systems or business-to-business platforms can also expose data belonging to client companies and their staff. This page tracks confirmed data breaches at manufacturing companies, including what data was exposed, which companies notified regulators, and what affected individuals can do next to protect their identity.
Power & Telephone Supply Company notified the Vermont Attorney General of a data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and government ID numbers belonging to affected individuals.
Gilman Brothers Company notified the Vermont Attorney General that a data breach compromised Social Security numbers, putting affected individuals at risk of identity theft.
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T.A. Solberg Co., Inc. notified the Vermont Attorney General that a data breach compromised Social Security numbers belonging to affected individuals.
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Roland Machinery Company notified the Vermont Attorney General of a data breach exposing Social Security numbers, financial account codes, credit and debit account information, and government ID numbers.
RUS Industrial, LLC notified Texas regulators that a data security incident exposed the names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account details of thousands of its clients.
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Bath Fitter Distributing, Inc. notified the Vermont Attorney General of a data breach that exposed Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, and financial and payment card account information.
Engineering firm dbHMS, doing business as Nest Builders, Inc., notified clients that a cybersecurity incident exposed names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, and medical information.
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Industrial automation firm Micro-Comm, Inc. suffered a data breach in which the Barracuda threat actor group claims to have stolen nearly 900,000 files, including personal employee and citizen information, and is now offering the data for sale.
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Manufacturer Leviton suffered a major cyberattack in which hackers stole roughly 1.4 terabytes of company data, including employee personal information and internal financial records.
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A ransomware group claims to have stolen more than 8 terabytes of data from Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, including employee records, financial documents, and customer information.
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