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Directive Communication

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 12, 2023

Filed

May 3, 2024

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,5463 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Directive Communication →

On November 5, 2023, Directive Communication Systems Inc. experienced a data breach due to insider wrongdoing, which was discovered on November 12, 2023. The breach affected 3 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company notified the affected individuals on May 3, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 12, 2023 → Filed with AG May 3, 2024173d ✗ ME AG >90d25 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 · 25 weeks / 173 days

Nov 5, 2023

Begins

Nov 12, 2023

Discovered

May 3, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 3 · first
Massachusetts State AGMay 3 · first
Maine State AGMay 3 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+3d

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.