PhysicalTelecom & MediaInformationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumActive

Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

bd_087609b52a97f1ae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 21, 2024

Filed

Jan 2, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,6632 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. →

Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. reported the loss or theft of digital equipment on November 21, 2024, affecting 2,663 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The incident involved personal information. The company engaged Kroll to provide 12 months of identity monitoring services and strengthened its data security compliance programs.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 21, 2024 → Filed with AG Jan 2, 202542d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 21, 2024

Begins

Nov 21, 2024

Discovered

Jan 2, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_73542f20d33c74102025-01-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_79148eb5055eefab2025-01-02Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9d74e603109b82c22025-01-02Verified
Montana State AGbd_b7283db159dcae812025-01-02Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_db844cd837da1a1e2025-01-08 · +6dVerified

Name: Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: copper valley telephone cooperative

Name: Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
norm: copper valley telephone cooperative
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Nov 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 21, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 2, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,663state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Strengthened our data security compliance programs
Continuing to monitor and investigate the situation
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Strengthened our data security compliance programs to avoid future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 42d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 21, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jan 2, 2025
42d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 21, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jan 2, 2025	42d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJan 2 · first

Indiana State AGJan 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 2 · first

Montana State AGJan 2 · first

Maine State AGJan 2 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jan 2 (MT), last Jan 8 (MA) — a 6-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/a7063aa2-26e4-42cb-afe9-2848fd00ba62.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2025
Raw hash: f40cc2969f7780bad56b65e850c78b75b4be4562483500e782fc96451afd04dc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCopper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Victim entityCopper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 21, 2024

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov