HackingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Northern Data Systems

bd_14b3d3e426239b30 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 13, 2022

Filed

Sep 27, 2022

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected · nationwide

50624 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Northern Data Systems →2 incidents on file

Northern Data Systems reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on May 6, 2022. The breach was discovered on May 13, 2022, and affected 24 Maine residents. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. Northern Data Systems began notifying affected individuals on September 26, 2022, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 13, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 27, 2022137d ✗ ME AG >90d20 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 · 7 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

May 6, 2022

Begins

May 13, 2022

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_50bb13fb3057af552022-10-03 · +6dVerified

Name: Northern Data Systems
norm: northern data

Name: Northern Data Systems
norm: northern data

Discovered: May 13, 2022
Breach occurred: May 6, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 506state + nationwide
Data types: PIIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified affected consumers in writing.
Changes made: Offered 1 year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 137dME resident >60d · 136d
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: May 13, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2022
137d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: May 13, 2022
→ Notified: Sep 26, 2022
136d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 13, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2022	137d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: May 13, 2022 → Notified: Sep 26, 2022	136d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGSep 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 27 (ME), last Oct 3 (NH) — 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-a1252b4f8318/385af932-8bf2-4536-8792-e0a24a89ce57.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2022
Raw hash: 0a3b0e2a8cf75afcd045b317c2aea1bdb8c29d862c3d54ed53bf2c24ded8d4d2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthern Data Systems

Victim entityNorthern Data Systems

Incidentdiscovered May 13, 2022

Stated responseNotified affected consumers in writing.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov