HackingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Harper Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

Nov 17, 2021

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

9131 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Harper Company →

The Harper Company experienced an external system breach on July 9, 2021, which was discovered on October 21, 2021. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 913 individuals, including one Maine resident. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on November 17, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Transunion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 21, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 17, 202127d ✓ ME AG ≤30d27 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 · 104 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Jul 9, 2021

Begins

Oct 21, 2021

Discovered

Nov 17, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed913 affectedView incident

Name: The Harper Company
norm: the harper

Name: The Harper Company
norm: the harper

Discovered: Oct 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 9, 2021
Undetected for: 104 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 913state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Transunion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 27d
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: Oct 21, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 17, 2021
27d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 21, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 17, 2021	27d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/325abd94-316c-492a-a745-7c5f2309a9b8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2021
Raw hash: 1b4ec3b45b5a0e43eee5b6622f44c087169d8dcbaf05f9ac72090f0bf7081ce8

Reporting entityThe Harper Company

Victim entityThe Harper Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 21, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Transunion

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov