HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Brightline

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 6, 2023

Filed

Apr 7, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

27,74258 in this filing

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Brightline →

Brightline, Inc. reported a cybersecurity incident involving its vendor, Fortra, occurring on January 30, 2023. The breach affected 27,742 individuals, including 58 Maine residents. The incident involved the unauthorized acquisition of names and Social Security Numbers. Brightline notified affected individuals on April 7, 2023, and offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 6, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 7, 202360d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jan 30, 2023

Begins

Feb 6, 2023

Discovered

Apr 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 26 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_5ea7d3fbb2a5464a2023-04-19 · +12dVerified
HHS OCRbd_a0176e4142b0a3702023-04-20 · +13dVerified
California State AGbd_a1b16fb406ed3ce92023-04-21 · +14dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_163db05cc4cb89582023-05-02 · +25dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 49d gap

California State AGbd_0868c3f9cf5006022023-05-10 · +33dVerified
HHS OCRbd_4c63e3855981b1222023-05-10 · +33dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b69375073a6e96d42023-05-10 · +33dVerified
California State AGbd_d59ed55c5ee4770a2023-05-12 · +35dVerified
California State AGbd_bf99fc2a4df4a34d2023-05-17 · +40dVerified
HHS OCRbd_f567c60a6fd57cc42023-05-26 · +49dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Brightline Apartments LLC
norm: brightline apartments

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 27,742state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Third party: via Fortravendor
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 2 years of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 60d
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: Feb 6, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2023
60d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 6, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2023	60d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGApr 7 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+12d

HHS OCR+13d

California State AG+14d

Oregon State AG+25d

California State AG+33d

HHS OCR+33d

Maine State AG+33d

California State AG+35d

California State AG+40d

HHS OCR+49d

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (ME), last May 26 (CA) — a 49-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 25 — 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-a1252b4f8318/0461b276-a513-41ae-a587-c06c971a7d9b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2023
Raw hash: 94771c590166a6da47372f325a6182d4caf119e1884067c8353a0279b8af022b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline Apartments LLC

Victim entityBrightline

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov