HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

BELDEN INC.

bd_189033c89f5af718 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 15, 2020

Filed

Dec 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

5,3647 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BELDEN INC. →3 incidents on file

Belden Inc. experienced an external system breach discovered on November 15, 2020. The breach affected 5,364 individuals in total, including 7 Maine residents, exposing their names and Social Security Numbers. In response, Belden offered affected individuals a 24-month membership to Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 15, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 14, 202029d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 15, 2020

Discovered

Dec 14, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_191a2b2e9f0f73482020-12-14Verified
California State AGbd_43ef5bdc1cf5f6e42020-12-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7a1b7d7a7c3c77ca2020-12-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_83710412470012b42020-12-14Verified

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California State AGbd_a2dfc0946b798fac2020-12-14Candidate
Montana State AGbd_b0003efc0d9de31d2020-12-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ab026bd97d1cef2a2020-12-15 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2dbcaeeaa0e44afa2020-12-21 · +7dVerified

Name: BELDEN INC.
norm: belden
Domain: belden.com

Name: BELDEN INC.
norm: belden
Domain: belden.com

Discovered: Nov 15, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 5,364state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 15, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 14, 2020
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 15, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 14, 2020	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Oregon State AGDec 14 · first

California State AGDec 14 · first

Indiana State AGDec 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 14 · first

California State AGDec 14 · first

Montana State AGDec 14 · first

Maine State AGDec 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 14 (OR), last Dec 21 (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/dd688c6f-4a08-4d5f-b4c9-87578e7fe697.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2020
Raw hash: d3ee6e3f66d15f1ae123b87b9d859ec738bebad9b0551ef687c7afe39dba3a6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBELDEN INC.

Victim entityBELDEN INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2020

Stated responseOffered 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov