HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Forward Air Corp

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

Nov 11, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,4641 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Forward Air Corp →3 incidents on file

Forward Air Corporation experienced an external system breach between June 20, 2020, and June 26, 2020, which was discovered on September 8, 2020. The incident affected 3,464 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. In response, the company provided 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 8, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 11, 202064d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 80 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Jun 20, 2020

Begins

Sep 8, 2020

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehadesbd_69daca6e5bc59daa2020-12-15 · +34dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a3124749f0e44aa02020-11-16 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_bb0159aed9dd5ed62021-01-01 · +51dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_4e519c8e4352ad1e2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9366040c480f58172021-09-24 · +317dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 321d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_942507cd1a8b43cc2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9f6be7535a79c40c2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
California State AGbd_b222ea320c8293ed2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_f364a48b4e1da9442021-09-24 · +317dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b984181509b96682021-09-28 · +321dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: The Forward
norm: the forward
Domain: forward.com

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 20, 2020 – Jun 26, 2020
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,464state + 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 restoration services through Kroll.
Sent written notification to affected individuals.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 64d
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: Sep 8, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 11, 2020
64d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 8, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 11, 2020	64d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Illinois State AG+51d

Maine State AG+317d

Montana State AG+317d

Massachusetts State AG+317d

Maine State AG+317d

California State AG+317d

Indiana State AG+317d

New Hampshire State AG+321d

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 321-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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/fa4b4414-b9f0-48bd-a91b-04ad59bdfb94.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2020
Raw hash: 5d49c149d6efbb799eb7e83d4b543fc911b0340e317bf9a784d41c0cc609d931

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Forward

Victim entityForward Air Corp

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2020

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov