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Great Northern Corporation

bd_012fcfcd4fcb7b34 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 21, 2020

Filed

Feb 9, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,0971 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Great Northern Corporation →

Great Northern Corporation, a commercial entity based in Appleton, WI, reported a ransomware incident on September 5, 2020, discovered on December 21, 2020. The breach affected 5,097 individuals, including one Maine resident. Personal information, specifically Social Security Numbers, was compromised. The company provided 12 months of credit monitoring through TransUnion.

Incident timeline

undetected · 107 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Sep 5, 2020

Begins

Dec 21, 2020

Discovered

Feb 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Maine State AG+39d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 18 (NH) — a 48-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.