Factory Five Racing, Inc., a Massachusetts maker of build-it-yourself car kits, appears in the Vermont Attorney General’s security breach notice listing. The notice reports one affected Vermont resident, and the company has not publicly released a total count.
Factory Five Racing’s Data Breach Investigation
Factory Five Racing, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based manufacturer known for component car kits and replica sports cars that customers assemble themselves. A business like this holds a mix of customer, order, payment and employee information, and a security incident at a company of this kind can reach people who bought a kit, placed a parts order, or worked with the company in some other way.
The company’s name appears in the security breach notices published by the Office of the Vermont Attorney General. Vermont requires a business that suffers a security breach involving residents’ personal information to notify the Attorney General’s office, and the office posts a listing of those notices. The listing for Factory Five Racing, Inc. reports that one Vermont resident was affected.
That single Vermont figure is not a total. State attorney general filings usually state only the number of residents of that particular state, and a company that sends notices in several states may report a different number to each one. No overall count of affected people has been published in the sources reviewed for this page, and this page does not estimate one.
The sources reviewed also do not describe how the incident happened, which systems were involved, or whether the information was accessed, copied or only exposed. Factory Five Racing has not published a detailed public statement that we could find. Where a fact is not publicly available, this page says so rather than guessing, and it will be reviewed if the company or a regulator releases more detail.
Anyone who received a notice letter from Factory Five Racing should read it closely. The letter is the best source for what happened in your case, what information of yours was involved, and what protective services, if any, the company is offering. Keep the letter and any enrollment instructions in a safe place.
Notification laws in most states require a company to tell affected people about a breach without unreasonable delay, and many require the notice to describe the type of information involved. Because notices often go out well after an incident is discovered, receiving a letter does not necessarily mean the underlying event just happened. It is worth checking your accounts and credit reports promptly no matter how long ago the incident may have been.
When the type of information involved has not been disclosed, it is sensible to assume the risk could include any details you shared with the company, such as your name, mailing address, email address, phone number or payment information. Contact details can be used for convincing phishing messages that reference a real purchase, and payment details can lead to unauthorized charges. If Social Security numbers or other government identifiers were involved, the risk of identity theft is longer lasting, since those cannot be easily replaced.
When Did This Breach Occur?
The sources reviewed do not state when the incident occurred or when it was discovered. The company’s notice appears in the Vermont Attorney General’s listing. If you received a letter, check the dates it gives, since those are the most reliable record of the timeline for your own information.
What Information Was Breached?
The types of information involved have not been publicly disclosed in the sources reviewed for this page. The notice letter you receive should state which of your details were involved. Until then, it is prudent to treat any information you provided to Factory Five Racing, such as contact or payment details, as potentially at risk.
What You Can Do
If you received a notice from Factory Five Racing, or believe you may be affected, consider these steps:
- Read the notice carefully, and follow any instructions for enrolling in free credit monitoring or identity protection if the company offers it.
- Place a free fraud alert on your credit file, or consider a credit freeze, with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
- Review your bank and card statements for charges you do not recognize, and check your credit reports for free at annualcreditreport.com.
- Be cautious of emails, texts or calls that mention a recent order or ask for personal details. Report suspected identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission at identitytheft.gov and to your state Attorney General.
File a Data Breach Lawsuit Against Factory Five Racing
If you received a notice about this incident, or believe your personal information was exposed, you may have legal options. Companies are expected to safeguard the personal information entrusted to them, and a class action can help hold them accountable when they fail to do so.
Contact us at Class Action U, where we’ll connect you with a lawyer skilled in class action lawsuits. If you’ve been contacted about this breach, received notice, or discovered you were impacted, fill out our quick, easy, and secure form to sign up. There is no cost to reach out to our legal partner and no obligation after speaking with someone from our team.
