HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Carriage Purchaser, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 16, 2024

Filed

Dec 19, 2024

To disclose

3 days

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carriage Purchaser, Inc. →

PS Logistics experienced an external system breach (hacking) on Feb 20, 2024. Discovered Dec 16, 2024. 21 Maine residents affected. Personal info including government IDs likely accessed. 12 months Equifax identity theft protection offered.

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Date basis clock✓ Clock withheld · confirmation date3 days 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 · 300 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Feb 20, 2024

Begins

Dec 16, 2024

Discovered

Dec 19, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4429b3df725c5f0b2024-12-19Verified
Montana State AGbd_e2acdc2b9012afb02024-12-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9eb8c246c3e4d5f62024-12-20 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7c113ef4970f8122024-12-26 · +7dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Carriage Purchaser, Inc.
norm: carriage purchaser
Also named: Carriage Purchaser, Inc.dba oflegal entity
PS Logisticsdba oftrade name
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Dec 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 20, 2024
Undetected for: 300 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 19, 2024
Affected individuals: 21state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary 12-month membership of identity theft protection services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Clock withheld · confirmation date

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 19 · first

Montana State AGDec 19 · first

Maine State AGDec 19 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 19 (MA), last Dec 26 (NH) — a 7-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/da2eb0a3-1396-45e4-adfb-0c2cb6cec327.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2024
Raw hash: 3bb10a94ba7b0409711d877a3ad29ea246903937743c5c7abf381e634bcd29a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityCarriage Purchaser, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 16, 2024

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceClock withheld · confirmation date

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov