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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

3 records

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.

Maine clockDiscovered May 13, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 27, 2022137d ⏱ ME AG >30d20 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 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by ragnarlocker about this victim was first seen 96 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
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.