HackingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICCriticalContained
Cardinal Services, Inc, Cardinal Employer Organization, and Preferred Employer Solutions, collectively (“Cardinal”)
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Full breach record for Cardinal Services, Inc, Cardinal Employer Organization, and Preferred Employer Solutions, collectively (“Cardinal”) →Cardinal Services, Inc. (including Cardinal Employer Organization and Preferred Employer Solutions) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between June 25, 2025, and August 8, 2025. The breach was discovered on May 12, 2026, affecting 142,323 individuals, including 11 Maine residents. The incident involved the acquisition of personal identifiers, likely including government-issued IDs. Cardinal provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Epiq.
Maine clockDiscovered May 12, 2026 → Filed with AG May 20, 20268d ✓ ME AG ≤30d8 days discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_6193fc40e2330bf5California State AGfiled 2026-05-20Verified
- bd_c3ccb041077247c7Texas State AGfiled 2026-05-22(2d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6676cbb8-2eb5-4fee-9e9d-bca0fb919405.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- May 20, 2026
- Raw hash
- 1606cae479369b88ddf70e2527042787dc6c04111f6addc872b9595465c620c9
Reporting entity
- Name
- Cardinal Services, Inc, Cardinal Employer Organization, and Preferred Employer Solutions, collectively (“Cardinal”)norm: cardinal services inc cardinal employer organization and preferred employer solutions collectively cardinal
Victim entity
- Name
- Cardinal Services, Inc, Cardinal Employer Organization, and Preferred Employer Solutions, collectively (“Cardinal”)norm: cardinal services inc cardinal employer organization and preferred employer solutions collectively cardinal
Incident
- Discovered
- May 12, 2026
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- May 20, 2026
- Affected individuals
- 142,323
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG ≤30d · 8d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: May 12, 2026→ Filed with AG: May 20, 20268d 30 days ME AG ≤30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.