UFP Technologies Data Breach: What Happened and What You Should Do
UFP Technologies disclosed a data breach affecting 10,802 people. Here's what is currently known about the incident, what information may have been exposed, and steps you can consider taking.
- Company
- UFP Technologies
- People affected
- 11K
Texas AG BR-0005493 reports 10,802 people affected in total and 481 Texas residents. Vermont lists 1 Vermont resident.
- Incident date
- Not yet disclosed in the public sources reviewed
- Discovered
- September 28, 2026
- Disclosed
- November 6, 2026
- Information exposed
- Name, Physical address, Social Security number, Government identification, Financial information, Health information, Insurance information
- Status
- Notification underway
Massachusetts letter dated November 5, 2026 with 24 months Experian monitoring; Texas AG filing published November 6, 2026.
What happened in the UFP Technologies breach?
How the attacker got in
A security incident affecting UFP systems; public Massachusetts letter does not detail the attack method because of state limits on what may be disclosed in that letter.
Reports conflict
Timeline of what is known
- 01Not yet disclosed in the public sources reviewedUnauthorized access
- 02September 28, 2026Breach discovered
- 03November 6, 2026Breach disclosed publicly
- 04November 5, 2026Affected individuals notified
Dates come from the sources listed at the bottom of this page. Separate events are kept separate; where a date has not been disclosed, it says so.
What information was exposed?
The categories below come from UFP Technologies's disclosure and the sources listed on this page. Each is labeled by what the evidence supports. Categories not mentioned in any source are not listed, even if they are common in similar breaches.
Name
Name (Texas AG filing; Massachusetts letter).
Physical address
Address (Texas AG filing).
Social Security number
Social Security number (Texas AG filing).
Government identification
Driver's license number (Texas AG filing).
Financial information
Financial information (Texas AG filing).
Health information
Medical information (Texas AG filing).
Insurance information
Health insurance information (Texas AG filing).
Why this information matters
The risks below are the ones associated with the categories of information involved in this breach. This describes how exposed information can be used in general. It does not state that any of this has happened with data from this incident.
Information from one breach can sometimes be combined with information from other breaches or public sources. A name and email address on their own are limited. Paired with a date of birth from one leak and an address from a people-search site, they become enough to answer a security question or make a scam call sound informed.
Whether the data from this breach has been sold, shared, or used is not known unless a source on this page says so. Where that is documented, it appears in the "What happened" section above.
If you were affected, consider doing these things now
Practical steps for this breach, in rough order of priority. None of these require buying anything. Monitoring services, including ours, are one option among several.
- 01Enroll in Experian IdentityWorks by January 29, 2027 using the activation code in your letter at the URL printed there.
- 02Consider a free credit freeze with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion; it blocks new accounts in your name and is free to place and lift.
- 03Request an IRS Identity Protection PIN to help stop someone else from filing a tax return with your Social Security number.
- 04Review account statements and credit reports for activity you do not recognize.
- 05Treat calls, texts, or emails that mention this incident with suspicion; call back only on a number from the written notice or the organization's official website.
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How one breach can contribute to a larger exposure footprint
A possible risk pattern, not a description of this incident. Each step is something that can happen after a breach. Nothing here states that it has happened with data from this incident.
Illustrative pattern- Step 1
One breach
A single company's records are accessed without authorization.
- Step 2
Personal information is exposed
Some categories can be changed afterward. Others, like a name or date of birth, can't.
- Step 3
It may remain accessible
Copies of breached data can persist well beyond the original incident.
- Step 4
Sources can be combined
Fragments from different breaches and public sources may be assembled into a fuller profile.
- Step 5
More targeted attempts
A fuller profile can make fraud, impersonation, phishing, or social engineering attempts more convincing.
A breach is an event. Exposure can last longer.
A password can be reset and a card reissued. Some information can't be replaced, and that is the part that stays useful to someone attempting fraud later. This does not mean fraud will occur. It means the risk does not close when the news cycle does.
Involved in this breach and hard to change
None of the categories reported in this breach are in the hard-to-change group. Changeable items like passwords and account numbers should still be addressed.
What UFP Technologies has done so far
Only actions the company has announced or that are documented in the sources below. If something you'd expect to see isn't here, it hasn't been announced as of the last update.
Sources
Primary sources first: company disclosures, regulator and attorney general filings, SEC filings, court documents. News reporting is listed as secondary. Where reports conflict, the conflict is noted in the "What happened" section rather than resolved silently.
Last updated November 7, 2026 · First published November 7, 2026
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