HackingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Mount Vernon Mills, Inc

bd_089cf08ea56de11e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 1, 2022

Filed

Oct 3, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

22,8596 in this filing

Linked

6 records

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for Mount Vernon Mills, Inc →

Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. experienced an external system breach on August 20, 2022, which was discovered on September 1, 2022. The breach compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 6 Maine residents. Affected individuals were notified on September 29, 2022.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 1, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 3, 202232d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks 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 · 12 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Aug 20, 2022

Begins

Sep 1, 2022

Discovered

Oct 3, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteavoslockerbd_1cf55766dc704b782022-12-26 · +84dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_77bf9a6f4aa322912022-10-06 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_72723af7cf01eca12022-10-14 · +11dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c36efbdbed2e22e52022-10-14 · +11dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_ff24ce3361e753d62022-10-14 · +11dVerified by operator

Name: Mount Vernon Mills, Inc
norm: mount vernon mills
Domain: mvmills.com

Name: Mount Vernon Mills, Inc
norm: mount vernon mills
Domain: mvmills.com

Discovered: Sep 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2022
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 22,859state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 32d
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: Sep 1, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2022
32d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 1, 2022 → Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2022	32d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGOct 3 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (ME), last Oct 14 (MA) — a 11-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/ad4af121-c316-4982-9018-d1fdca1cdfa6.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2022
Raw hash: 8c6a9469ecc76ee4d22294254ce0c4aa8fe72c37e4da242a2d7910ad38633258

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMount Vernon Mills, Inc

Victim entityMount Vernon Mills, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2022

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov