Item 8.01. Other Events.
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Based on the information known to date, the Company believes that personal information of current and former employees, as well as limited company information of some of our business partners was accessed. The Company is taking steps to notify impacted individuals and companies in addition to the appropriate governmental data privacy authorities. Impacted individuals will be offered credit monitoring and/or identity protection services, where available, at no charge.
The Company does not believe that the incident will have a material impact on its business or financial condition.
Security, in all forms, remains a critical priority at Belden, and the Company will continue to take all appropriate measures to further safeguard the integrity of its information technology infrastructure.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Company's beliefs relating to the impact of the incident and its plans for
responding are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those suggested by these statements for a number of reasons
including the possibility that the scope of the incident is greater than
currently is believed as well as the risks and uncertainties described under
"Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
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