HackingOtherData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

BLUE SPHERE CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 5, 2020

Filed

Nov 5, 2020

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,6897 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BLUE SPHERE CORPORATION →

Blue Sphere, a Florida-based commercial entity, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on April 24, 2020, discovered on June 5, 2020. The incident compromised the personal information of 2,689 individuals, including 7 Maine residents. Acquired data included names combined with financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). Written notification was sent on October 29, 2020. No identity theft protection services were offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 5, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 2020153d ✗ ME AG >90d22 weeks 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.

Incident timeline

undetected · 42 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Apr 24, 2020

Begins

Jun 5, 2020

Discovered

Nov 5, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_363a686f4281f23e2020-11-07 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_89f34105f481ef112020-10-29 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_cbf038c8ad3d9fd02020-10-29 · +7dCandidate

Name: BLUE SPHERE CORPORATION
norm: blue sphere

Name: BLUE SPHERE CORPORATION
norm: blue sphere
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 5, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 24, 2020
Undetected for: 42 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,689state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 153dME resident >60d · 146d
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: Jun 5, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2020
153d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jun 5, 2020
→ Notified: Oct 29, 2020
146d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 5, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2020	153d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jun 5, 2020 → Notified: Oct 29, 2020	146d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Montana State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AG+7d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Oct 29 (IN), last Nov 7 (MA) — a 9-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/08f75ba3-3a5e-4033-85be-916bf271dfdd.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2020
Raw hash: ef8fb0c0595ebcec9ed6fbb83b570f2a29d4cbf8f2c2ec8cf3b23336be4e0c8a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBLUE SPHERE CORPORATION

Victim entityBLUE SPHERE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Jun 5, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov