AccidentalRetailMisconfigurationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 24, 2021

Filed

Jun 10, 2021

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

90,184131 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. →3 incidents on file

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported a data breach caused by a third-party vendor that left electronic data unsecured. The breach occurred between August 2019 and May 2021 and was discovered on May 24, 2021. The incident affected 131 Maine residents, compromising their names and driver's license numbers. Affected individuals were notified on June 11, 2021, and offered twenty-four months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 24, 2021 → Filed with AG Jun 10, 202117d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 662 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Aug 1, 2019

Begins

May 24, 2021

Discovered

Jun 10, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0941ba49b48318db2021-06-10Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_1ddbf202e4f260d82021-06-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_84e55a939db554712021-06-10Verified
Oregon State AGbd_a58d8faff4631eba2021-06-10Verified

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Hawaii State AGbd_a70d19886d56a8b92021-06-10Verified
Idaho State AGbd_d051d73db23282c82021-06-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7e0baed1d7cb0dc92021-06-11 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_ace1b386f57a54322021-06-11 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f8e8f39ba9318f032021-06-11 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_dd6396c5997a49a42021-06-14 · +4dVerified

Name: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: volkswagen group of america

Name: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: volkswagen group of america

Discovered: May 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2019 – May 24, 2021
Undetected for: 662 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 90,184state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Twenty-four months of triple bureau credit monitoring services, $1 million of insurance, and assistance in event of identity theft through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 17d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 24, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jun 10, 2021
17d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 24, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jun 10, 2021	17d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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California State AGJun 10 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 10 · first

Oregon State AGJun 10 · first

Hawaii State AGJun 10 · first

Idaho State AGJun 10 · first

Maine State AGJun 10 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/393b88dc-2f68-4aa7-8d97-f4b26ca58904.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2021
Raw hash: b3c0e89306cae81488e3bb134742a6405d417300c29a84627d1ca0876fbcc96d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Victim entityVOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2021

Stated responseTwenty-four months of triple bureau credit monitoring services, $1 million of insurance, and assistance in event of identity theft through IDX.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov